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There will be no mercy!

My sister's only child
hanging from a cross!

Joseph...
We need this to end!

We must govern ourselves

so that we are
never again subjected
to Roman justice.

You did nothing of
any worth whatsoever.

Make way for King Antipas.

Your position is reliant
on my endorsement.

John, I'm poor and sick
in my soul.

I'm glad to
give you this land.

Barnabas, it's perfect.

God has a purpose
for each of us.
I'm meant to preach.

Be patient, Stephen.
The time will come.

And didn't Jesus say,
"I will rebuild this
temple in three days,"

before he rose from the death
you condemned him to?

Silence him. Shut him up.

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

No longer will violence
be heard in your lands,

nor ruin and destruction
within your borders.

Your walls shall
be called salvation,

and your gates, praise.

No longer will
the sun light your days,

nor the moon
bright your night.

You will have the Lord
for everlasting light,

and your God for your glory.

My son is dead!

Stephen is dead!
Because of you!

You and your politics!

Where is He?

Where is He now,
this Messiah of yours?

Why doesn't
he raise him up

or ask the Lord
to bring Stephen back to us?

Is it for us to test Him?

I dreamt last night that
Stephen wouldn't be
the last of us to die.

Another hungry soul
that's heard the word.

God be with you.

Have you come to
hear the word of Jesus?

No.

I am Saul.

Scholar, Jew, Roman citizen,

Pharisee, defender of
the Great Temple of Jerusalem.

I have come here to
teach you of the wrath

you will all bring
down upon yourselves

if you do not
end your blasphemy.

If.

The desert
and the parched land
will be glad.

The wilderness will
rejoice and blossom.

Like the crocus,

it will burst into bloom.

It will rejoice greatly

and shout for joy.

So, tell us,
how are we so
wrong in our belief?

Friend, speak with us.

What's the matter,
have you no tongue?

Or no brain?

Jesus of Nazareth,
this peasant Messiah
you love and praise,

is nothing more
than a false prophet.

You dare come
here and say that.

I don't say it.
The Sanhedrin says it.

The Psalms of Solomon say it.

The prophecies
of Jeremiah, Isaiah,
and Daniel say it.

Who are you to
say otherwise? Who?

Oh.

What's the matter?

Have you no tongue?

No courage?

Be gone, little man.

I don't
understand you, Jonathan.

You saw the slaughter,
the wave of crucifixions,

saw what bloody turmoil
made its home in Jerusalem.

Of course.
Father, I'm not blind.

And you accept that
Caiaphas, as High Priest,
stands knee-deep in blood.

Blood spilled by Pilate
wielding the power of Rome.

Yes, I accept Caiaphas
has not handled things well.

So, why can't you accept
that he must be replaced?

Jerusalem needs a man who
will forge a different

relationship with Rome

to take us back to
the peaceful times
Caiaphas once stood for.

The Sanhedrin is looking for
a man to challenge Caiaphas.

The Annas family
needs that man to be you.

The whole idea of
your loving family

gathered in our
house to give thanks
gives me indigestion.

Well, take a potion.
Clear your head.

Hmm.

Two guests of honor
have invited themselves.

Although a little more
notice wouldn't have hurt.

Antipas and Herodias.

I had no
idea the Nazarene camp
was so close to the city.

And so populated.

Why would anyone leave
everything they
knew to live like that?

Well, we are honored
the festival of Purim
has brought you to our home.

In truth,
it was a useful excuse
to come to Jerusalem.

To see if the city
was still standing.

My son and I think,

as Jews, we can talk honestly
about recent dark days.

The people will not
soon forget the blood spilled

in Governor Pilate's
wave of crucifixions.

They shouldn't forget.

But was there ever a time
when the people were content?

If the anger of
the people was fading,

there would be room
for this complacent approach.

Father, we are
hardly complacent.

But the anger is growing,

just as the new city of tents
out in the desert is growing.

You mean the camp?

Hmm.
There are thousands there now.

Yes. We passed it
on our way here.

Where will it stop?

At 5,000 converts? 100,000?

Will everybody
please stop going on
about these people?

Tell me, what exactly is it
that you'd have me do.

Hmm?

Have them slaughtered
in their tents?

Antipas, surely the people,
and you, as their ruler,

want to see a High Priest
in control of events.

Not led by them.

Not governed by the whim
of his Roman master.

I do enjoy
the smell of treachery.

Poor old Caiaphas has
the look of a man preparing
to face the executioner.

If it was a choice
between him and young
Jonathan as High Priest,

I don't know
who I'd go for.

Neither.

But I'll have to
give my support
to one of them,

and then let Pilate
have the responsibility.

My Lady.

And then there was
Zachary of Beersheba,

a passionate man
who tried to follow
the example of Moses

and lead his friends
across the Red Sea.

He drowned
and so did they.

And then there was
Simon from Perea,
brave, well-intentioned Simon.

Well, he believed
that he was sent by God,

but only made a Jew's life...

But only made a Jew's life
harder under Rome.

And there was
another pretender,
an imposter from Galilee,

this man Jesus.

You're Peter.
I've heard you preach.

You do it well.
A little soft-hearted,
perhaps, but...

I have a case to make
against your false Messiah!

Do you want to hear it, Peter,
or are you afraid

I will unpick your
delusions in front of
this gullible crowd?

This man is living in
darkness and doesn't even
know his eyes are closed.

He claims such knowledge,

but he's just
stumbling in the dark
if he doesn't know this,

no one can come
to the Father except
through Jesus.

Jesus is the way and
the truth and the life.

This Jesus of yours

is nothing more
than a false prophet
of illiterate fishermen.

He has you all
in a net of lies.
John!

You use words like
a trader selling stones,

but there's no
heart to them, no love.

I have love
for those things
you want to destroy,

the Temple in
the heart of Jerusalem.

Centuries of law and tradition
your pathetic little band

can no more replace
than a flea can fill
the shoes of a man.

Speak simply.

If there is truth
to your thoughts,
you'll be understood.

Here's a simple truth.

If you set yourself
against the Temple,

you will be destroyed
by the Temple.

Simple truth.

Even if I could
persuade the Sanhedrin
to trust your family,

who stood by while more
and more of our people
were crucified.

There was nothing...
And even if I was

willing to speak
in your defense,

and so gain for you
the support you'll need
to unseat Caiaphas,

and heal the wounds
you've caused,

have you no shame that
you'd plot against
your own son-in-law?

I have shame,

shame that I didn't
act sooner to save
so many from their pain,

those who died,
and those, like you,
who lost the ones they loved.

We ask you to not
let that failing

cost more blood
and suffering,

not to let the moment
pass when we can act
to start afresh.

My son Jonathan is
a man of integrity

who would truly speak
for the people of Jerusalem.

The only man who
can bring both...

There's many
opinions on this subject.

Both change and continuity.

Before you even think
of making the case to Pilate,

you'll need the unreserved
backing of Antipas.

Pilate will want his
approval to maintain order.

If, with your support,
we can unite
the Sanhedrin behind us,

we can approach Antipas today.

You won't regret this,
I promise.

This man would
have you believe
in a crucified Messiah.

Deuteronomy says,

"For he that is
hanged on a tree

"or on a cross is
accursed of God."

But God raised Him up,
having loosed Him
from the pains of death

because it was not possible
He should be held by it.

So you claim,
but who among you

has seen the
resurrection? Who?

You? You?
You? Only your charlatans,

who need you to believe it.

Jesus and the truth of
His message are loved.

By all our people?

Not even by all
of Jerusalem.

They love him so little,
they executed him.

And fulfilled
Isaiah's prophecy.

The Messiah is
a man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief.

This man thinks
it's a mark of success

when those you
love are executed.

He won't be happy
until you're all dead...

Like Stephen.

If you stay here
one moment longer,
I swear...

I'm going to
tear your head off.

Don't worry.
I've heard enough
to see that

reason won't break you
from your delusions.

You will see me
again, though.

Be sure of that.

Rabbi Gamaliel,

how can these blasphemers
in the desert want to end
all this?

Don't concern
yourself with them.

Go to your own studies.

Improve your understanding,
and then...

Yes, but they just don't see

that this, all of this,
is the heart and
soul of Jerusalem.

I tried to tell them,
but they just
won't see reason.

Then, Saul, don't spend
more of your energy

trying to
correct their mistake.

I see a path for you
from scholar to rabbi,

from rabbi to, perhaps,
a seat on the Sanhedrin.

Who knows?

These men,
they do the same
work as the Sanhedrin.

They toil to preserve the old
while making it new.

What this fisherman, Peter,

and the others want to do,
is destroy the old,

replace it with the new.

I have to find
a way to stop them.

I have to.

I think
that went well.

For you,
an anniversary gift.

After you left our house,
my wife reminded me

that it was at
Purim 10 years ago
that we first met.

Me as High Priest,
you as Tetrarch of
Galilee and Perea,

each trying to
work the other out.

And here we are,
still trying.

Please.

So, your father-in-law
and his son

would very much
like to take from you

those fine robes of
office that you wear.

Now,

what are you going to do
about these fanatics
in the desert?

The ringleader of the cult,
the man they follow,
is from Galilee.

This reflects
very badly on me.

They will soon
tire of the hardships

that come from
following their Messiah.

But what happens?
Dissent becomes revolt.

The Roman response
could be devastating.

Solve this problem
for me, Caiaphas.

And if this attempt to
overthrow you reaches Pilate,

you will have my support.

We know
you're conspiring with
my father and brother.

Should I know what
you're talking about?

The three of you
won't win this fight.

My husband will
remain in office
as High Priest,

and you will suffer
for your betrayal.

Tide is turning
against your husband,

and I can't stand
in the way of it.

If you don't recognize that,
you'll both drown
in the flood.

The High Priest has
more to deal with today

than you can even imagine,

and you think that
I should bring him
out here to talk to you?

Yes.

Come back in three days.

The answer will
still be the same,

but at least
it'll give me chance
to forget you.

Three days,
the danger to the Temple
could be doubled.

What danger to the Temple?

Forgive me.

I was merely talking
about the followers of
the false Messiah

gathering in the desert.

Come with me.

You wanted to see me?
Thank you for
your good grace.

Having read much in
the Temple archives

of your family's
great history,

I hope that,
with respect...

Could we perhaps have
a little less respect?

Time kills us all.
Of course.

I believe we share
a common interest,

a common desire to rid
Jerusalem of a pest,

the fishermen
and their followers

growing in
numbers and confidence

outside the city walls.

And what is it
that fuels your desire
to see them gone?

They offend me
with their actions
to undermine the Temple.

Their defiance offends me.

Their defiance
of the Sanhedrin,

who could not have
been more definitive

in their verdict
when they said...

What exactly do you want?

The authority to

act on your behalf
and solve this problem,

to remove these
blasphemers so completely

that not even
the stain of their
memory is left behind.

I just can't stop
thinking about Stephen.

Stop being such a man.

What?

You see the women
at the funeral?

They weep, and they wail,
and they scream out their pain

so the whole world
knows about it.

And while all this
open-hearted grieving goes on,

the men look at their feet,

and put on their sad face.

Don't bottle it up.
Let out that pain.

Honor Stephen by
leading us, Peter.

What I need is
for you to give
me the authority

you would give
the least promoted
of your Temple Guard.

Authority to use how?

And 20 men
from that guard.

Their strength
is their popularity.

I want to take that from them.

You have questions.

You say, "Why did
He call me His rock?"

You ask,
"Am I the foundation?

"Is this where His
church will be built?"

There is only one
foundation stone,
and His name is Jesus Christ!

And His church is not here.
It's not in those
tents or these walls.

It's you, all of you.

You are His church.

And like those
we ask to believe

even though they
didn't see Him rise again,

we must push away our fear

even as we recognize
the persecution we face.

We have to go to Jerusalem

and preach the word
to build His church!

Recruit your own men.

I'll pay.

Forgive me,

but wouldn't it benefit
your authority to be seen
as the hand at work?

We need to claim back
the true message of our faith

from the families
of the Temple and
their masters from Rome.

They crucified
the man who said to you,

"I am the light of the world.

"Whoever follows me
won't walk in darkness."

And with my own eyes,
I saw him.

We just buried a man,

a good man and a friend,

stoned to death
because he dared
speak the truth.

He was a young man,
like you.

He shed blood and
felt pain, just like you.

His mother wept tears for him,
just as yours would.

But he had a burning need
to speak the truth
of the word of God.

With the authority
of High Priest Caiaphas,

I, Saul of Tarsus,
hereby accuse

all the people here
of supporting blasphemy!

Do you see this?
These friends of Rome
standing against us?

Is this your answer?
Violence?

You underestimate me.

You will all be taken away
and your name added
to a list of offenders!

These people
have done nothing.

Any further offense
and you will all face
the Sanhedrin court!

Then take us.
Take our names.

We're the ones to arrest.

No.

You two can go.

These people will soon learn
the danger of your company.

You and your men
are no match

for the fire of
the Holy Spirit that fills us.

Really?

Well, let's see
whose fire burns
brightest, shall we?

Take them!

I've weakened these fanatics
by isolating them,

by turning their
supporters against them.

By terrorizing these
citizens of Jerusalem?

Well, there was a problem
nobody seemed able to solve.

Neither have you.

They know you'll persecute
them if they listen to
the preachers in Jerusalem,

so they're leaving the city
to hear what they have to say.

Did you really
think this man Saul

would stand in
the way of our mission?

The Temple won't
stand for this,

and they won't let it
go on much longer.

It's not safe in the city!

It looks
like your hero, Saul,

couldn't solve the problem
of the Nazarene camp.

Where are the other
two conspirators?

I didn't come to bicker.

I came to ask you
to show some dignity,

to recognize that
the will of the Sanhedrin
is turning against you,

and ask you,
for the good of this family,
to stand down.

For the good of this family?

For the good of this family,
you, who in his day
as High Priest,

hadn't the wits to
walk in step with Rome?

You, who left a mess
behind him that
I had to clear up.

You plot against me?

And now I must
listen to the rantings
of a failed and bitter old man

for the good of this family?
Get out of my house,

before I forget
you're my wife's father

and put a blade
between your ribs.

We'll take this to Pilate.

You must favor Caiaphas
over his brother-in-law.

Must I?

Don't tell me what to do.

A 10-year-old alliance
shouldn't be tossed aside
without good cause.

Is it Caiaphas you
approve of, or his wife?

I hear the two of
you are becoming
the best of friends.

Minerva, goddess of wisdom.

Minerva, which of these men
shall be High Priest,

and which one shall be left
to rot in the desert?

Nothing.

Very disappointing.

There is a rumor you knew
of the plot against my life
and did nothing.

Is that true?
No, that's ridiculous.

And a rumor you have a spy
here in my palace.

And another that you visit
the Nazarene's camp each night

and pray with them.

All of which,
it's been suggested,

makes you unfit
to continue in office.

Is any of this true?
None of it.

Lies are being spread
by those who wish
to undermine me.

You undermine yourself
by failing to get a grip on...

Enough!

I will not waste my time
separating truth from fiction,

like a mother with
squabbling children.

Tiberius shall decide.

I met a Greek, once,

who made every decision
with the toss of a coin.

Emperor's head or
the divine Livia?

Shall I commend you
for your ambition?

Or do I condemn you for
spreading baseless rumors?

Heads, I condemn.

Livia, I commend.

Heads.

Then I condemn you for
making such a poor job
of your treachery.

These fishermen
and their followers,
are they being dealt with?

They are,
firmly and finally.

Unless he wants
to be loved by all,

the High Priest's
job is not a hard one.

He must deliver what's
expected of the province
of Judea by Rome

and resist the many,
often irrational,
demands of his people.

There are girls
in the kitchen
who can do that.

Dogs in the street.

Even a donkey.

Heads, you stay.

Livia,

I'll replace you
with a donkey.

Get that,
will you, Caiaphas?

Head.
Excellent.

You both may go.
I need to speak
with your High Priest.

And the lesson is,
don't play politics
unless you're good at it.

This coin,

it has two heads.

It does, doesn't it?

We shall see.

By order of Caiaphas,

who remains High Priest,
you are removed
from the Sanhedrin.

Even though it was
your own father and brother
who hatched this plot?

And you will leave Jerusalem,
or find yourself
arrested for treason.

This all began
with the murder of
the Nazarene, Jesus.

All your interfering,
your scheming.

It will bring you down,
eventually.

I tried to reason with them,
but they just wouldn't listen.

I tried to
come between them
and their supporters,

but it would appear they
would prefer the idiotic
doctrine of the Nazarene.

This gives
you my full authority
to rid me of them.

Permanently.

Do whatever is necessary.

Whatever is necessary.

Let me tell you
about these people.

These people want to
bring down the Temple,

the Temple,

the guiding hand in
yours and my life,

the well of wisdom.

And they think nobody,

nobody will
stand in their way.

They disregard
the ruling of the Sanhedrin,

who called them blasphemers.

The very next day,
one of them walked
into the Temple itself

proclaiming his profanity.

And although...

And although
the people of Jerusalem
delivered their justice,

and they stoned him to death,

they continue recruiting

the gullible and
the weak-minded
to their cause.

Do we say "enough"?

Enough!

Will we break their heads?

Yes!

With swords and
clubs and bare fists,

we will say,

"Leave this land,

"or you will leave this Earth
in a shroud of blood!"

Yeah!
Yeah!

Yeah!

Grab weapons!

Grab armor!

Follow me!

Get out!

Pay heed to this
and spread the word.

These people are
being arrested for aiding,

sheltering, and feeding
the followers of
the false Messiah.

They will be...

They will be imprisoned.

Anyone else who
does likewise will also
pay with their freedom.

And don't think
of scurrying off
to the desert

for help from your friends.

It's their turn next.

He's coming!

Saul's coming back!

He's bringing men
with swords.

Take what you can!

Get everyone out of here.

This way.
Go with them!

We should go
back to Galilee.
No.

We have to stay together.

We gather again
in Jerusalem.

We have to go now.

No. I'll stay.

I will not be
cowed by this man
and his threats.

I won't leave you
to face him alone.

He won't be alone.

This was my land.
I'm staying.

And me.

There's more than one way
to welcome a visitor.

See you in Jerusalem.

Please, hurry! Run!

Mix it carefully.

Too much
and it won't work.

Go! Move faster.
Faster!

Take my hand.

James, go.

Pull it all down.

Burn it.

I want nothing left to show
that they were ever here.

Now!

He's leaving it too late.

No. He knows
what he's doing.

Over there! Over there!

There!

Take him!

Let's see whose fire
burns brightest now!

No!

No!

I will crush you!

You will try!

You will try!