Memorable Quotes from Jim Caviezel
42 quotesBetrayal and Its Consequences
Jesus
], you betray the ] with a ]?
[[Judas; [w:Son of man (Christianity)|Son of Man; [kiss]
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Transformation of Vengeance to Goodness
Edmond Dantès
You were right, Priest. You were right. This I promise you...and God: all that was used for vengeance will now be used for good. So rest in peace, my friend.
[visiting the Chateau d'If before looking at the sea for the last time and setting his sword down on the rocks]
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Questioning the Identity of Jesus
Annas
Who is this man you brought to us? He's chained up like a criminal.
[looks at Jesus with contempt and disgust, but he could barely recognize him because of the scars and bruises all over his face]
Temple guard
He is Jesus! The Nazarene troublemaker!
[pulls Jesus closer]
Annas
You are Jesus of Nazareth?
Caiaphas
They say you are a king. Where is this kingdom of yours? From what line of kings do you descend from?
Annas
Speak up!
[angrily]
Caiaphas
You are just the son of some obscure carpenter, no?
[the watching crowd chuckled]
Annas
Some say you are like the prophet ], but he was carried off to the heavens in a chariot!
[[w:Elijah|Elijah]
Caiaphas
Why won't you say something? You have been brought here as a blasphemer! What do you say to that? Defend yourself.
Jesus
I have spoken openly to everyone. I have taught in the temple where we all gathered. Ask those who have heard what I have to say.
Temple Guard
Is that how you address the High Priest? With arrogance?
[strikes Jesus]
Jesus
If I have spoken evil, tell me what evil I have said. But if not, why do you hit me?
Annas
Yes, we will listen to those that have heard your blasphemies. Good! Let us hear them!
[sits beside Caiaphas and the other Pharisees]
Accuser 1
He cures the sick, with the help of devils! I have seen it.
[the crowd is shocked]
Accuser 2
He casts out devils, with the help of devils!
Accuser 3
He calls himself the king! The King of the Jews!
[the crowd begins to jeer]
Accuser 4
No, he calls himself the Son of God! He said he would destroy the ] and rebuild it in three days!
[[w:Second Temple|temple; angrily spits at Jesus]
Accuser 5
Worse! He claims he is the Bread of Life! And if we do not eat his flesh or drink his blood, we will not inherit eternal life!
[the crowd throws insults on Jesus]
Caiaphas
Silence! You are all under this man's spell. Either offer proof of his wrongdoing, or be quiet!
[stands up]
Joseph
This entire proceeding is an outrage! All I have heard from these "witnesses" is mindless contradiction!
[intervening on Jesus's behalf; the angry Pharisees proceed to kick him out, along with other Pharisees who try to defend Jesus]
Caiaphas
Have you nothing to say at all? No answer to these accusations? Then, I ask you this, Jesus of Nazareth. Are you really the Messiah? Son of the living God?
[glares at Jesus]
Jesus
I am. And you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of God, and arriving from the clouds of heaven.
[after a moment of silence, he looks at the Pharisees and the crowd; everyone around him gasps in horror]
Caiaphas
Blasphemy! You all heard him! Why bother with witnesses when he himself has blasphemed! What is your verdict?!
[shocked; he angrily tears his robes; to the angry crowd]
Crowd
DEATH!
[in unison]
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The Weight of Sin and Faith
Satan
Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?
Jesus
Shelter me, O Lord. I trust in you. In you I take my refuge.
Satan
No one man can carry this burden, I tell you. It is far too heavy. Saving their souls is too costly. No one. Ever. No. Never.
Jesus
Father, you can do all things. If it is possible, let this chalice pass from me … but let your will be done, not mine.
Satan
Who is your father? Who are you?
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Determination in the Face of Adversity
Edmond Dantès
You've only got one shot, and it will take more than that to stop me.
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The Sacrifice and Authority of the Shepherd
Jesus
I am the ] shepherd. I lay down my ] for my sheep. No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have ] to lay it down and the power to take it up again. This command is from my ].
[[good; [life; [power; [Father]
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The Value of Life and Hope
David
I wish I were dead.
Johannes
Don't ever say that. Don't even think it.
David
Why not? There's nothing good here! What's the point in even staying alive?
Johannes
Cause if you're alive you can change things. If you're dead you can't. Do whatever you can to stay alive, no matter what.
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Peter Denies Knowing Jesus
Accuser 1
Hey, I know you! Aren't you one of the Galilean's followers?! Yes, it's him!
Peter
No! You're wrong! I've never met him before!
Accuser 2
Of course, you do! You are Peter! You are one of Jesus's disciples! Somebody, stop him!
[grabs Peter by the robe to try and stop him]
Peter
Stop it! Stop it, damn you! I swear, I don't know him! I have never seen that man! I don't know him!
[shoves everyone away]
Peter
I am ready to follow you wherever you go, my lord, to prison, even to death.
Jesus
Amen, I say to you, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
[Peter is confused]
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Final Reflections on Life and Choices
Carroll Oerstadt
* Last words
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Obligation and the Weight of Responsibility
Tim Ballard
I'm the sadness in her eyes. Me. When God tells you what to do, you cannot hesitate.
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Questioning Authority and Identity
Pilate
Drink?
Pilate
Are you the king of the Jews?
[in Hebrew]
Jesus
Does that question come from you, or do you ask me this because others have told you what I am?
[in Latin, surprising Pilate and all the Romans around Jesus]
Pilate
How can I come up with such a question myself? Am I a Jew? Your priests have delivered you to me and they want me to have you executed. Why? What did you do? Are you a king?
[continues in Latin]
Jesus
My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, do you think my servants would have allowed those men to deliver me to you in this manner?
[looks at Pilate]
Pilate
You are a king then?
Jesus
That is why I was born, to give testimony to the truth. Everyone who hears my voice hears the truth.
Pilate
Truth? What is truth?
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A Challenge Not Easily Overcome
Edmond Dantès
You didn't think I would make it that easy did you?
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Value of God's Children in Society
Tim Ballard
God's children are not for sale.
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Untranslated Words of Jesus
Jesus
* Traditionally untranslated in the Gospels
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Cost of Freedom and Human Collateral
Doug Carlin
You killed 543 people. How do you feel about that? I think that you were a murderer right from the beginning.
[pause]
Carroll Oerstadt
Sometimes a little human collateral is the cost of freedom. To me, those people were war casualties, but to you, they're just evidence.
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Understanding Life's Struggles Through Experience
Jerry
You ever been on the street?
[A beat.]
Arlene McKinney
My mom took us pretty close.
Jerry
Well, you can't know. Not until you're looking at a dumpster. But when you climb into that thing for the first time, and you pull those newspapers over you, that's when you know that you've messed your life up. Somebody comes along like your son and gives me a leg up, I'll take it. Even from a kid, I'll take it.
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The Rising Crisis of Child Trafficking
Tim Ballard
It's already surpassed the illegal weapons trade, and soon it will surpass the drug trade. Do you know why? You can sell a bag of cocaine once. A five-year-old child, you can sell them five to ten times a day, for ten years straight.
[''About child sex trafficking'']
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A Call for Vigilance and Support
Jesus
], you could not watch even one hour with me?
[[Saint Peter|Peter]
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Conflict Over Jesus' Fate and Authority
Pilate
Behold the Man!
[in both Hebrew and Latin]
Crowd
CRUCIFY HIM!
Pilate
Is this not enough? Look at him! You want me to crucify your king?
[angrily; the crowd continues to yell CRUCIFY HIM]
Caiaphas
King?! We have no king but Caesar!
Pilate
Speak to me, I have the power to have you crucified, or else set you free.
[turns to Jesus, in Latin]
Jesus
You have no power over me, unless it is given to you from above, but he who has delivered me to you has the greater sin.
[in Latin]
Caiaphas
If you release him, governor, you are no friend to Caesar!
Pilate
Remember that it is you who wants him dead, not I! His blood is in your hands! Abenader, do what they want.
[to Caiaphas; turns to Abenader]
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The Consequences of Inaction on Suffering
Tim Ballard
Trust me, man. If we do nothing, their pain is gonna spread and spread till some day it's gonna reach the likes of you.
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Responsibility and Justice in Crisis
Mauritius
So, this is how my kindness is repaid? My prison broken into, my guards killed.
Paul
There will always be those that try and take justice into their own hands.
Mauritius
You do not take any responsibility?
Luke
If we were responsible, wouldn't you be in that cell awaiting your own execution?
Mauritius
How can it be that by words alone, you spit in the face of the Emperor? By words alone, you seem to defy Rome itself. Words do not threaten to destroy empires.
Paul
Because perhaps they are not just words, they are the truth of things.
Mauritius
You keep saying truth. Truth. But, it's only a truth according to you. If it were the only truth, everyone would believe it.
Luke
Not so. Christ, who is truth, rose from the dead. Many still do not believe.
Mauritius
Lies, fabrications...
Paul
If Christ had not risen from the dead, then our preaching is useless, and so is our faith.
Mauritius
Oh, you have no doubts at all?
Paul
Men do not die for things they doubt.
Mauritius
You claim you serve a god who is above all other gods, and yet all I see before me is an old man in chains. Your life, a summary of beatings and filthy prison cells.
Paul
I deserve worse, but...there is grace enough for everyone.
Mauritius
To be rich, not poor. To be powerful, not weak. To have slaves and servants, not be one.
Paul
It does not take an intelligent man to look around and know that the world is missing something.
Mauritius
Do not question the greatness of Rome.
Luke
And what of the love for a sick daughter? What does Rome offer her?
Mauritius
Another word and I send you to whatever god you want.
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Courage and the Legal System's Failures
Tim Ballard
Only the courageous act rest are tyrannized by a legal system, made by cowardly men.
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Confronting Modern Inaction Against Historical Injustice
Tim Ballard
It's funny because we all read history and we think, "Oh, I would have risen up, I would have fought, I would have been an abolitionist and tell them." No, you wouldn't have. If you would have, you'd be doing that right now. You know trafficking exists, you've heard of it, but you don't want to look.
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A Test of Faith and Forgiveness
Gesmas
If you are the son of God, why can't you save yourself? Prove to us that you are who you say you are!
[groans in pain; the crowd laughs and the guards insult Jesus, gesturing him to come down]
Caiaphas
You said you would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, but look at you. If he is indeed the Messiah, I say he should come down from that cross, so that we may see and believe him!
[approaches Jesus; to the crowd]
Jesus
Father... forgive them, for... they know not what they do.
[sobbing and in pain, he looks up at the sky to pray]
Dismas
Listen, he's praying for you! We deserve this, Gesmas! He does not! My lord, I have sinned and I'm being punished justly. All that I ask of you is that you remember me when you enter your kingdom.
[to Caiaphas; Caiaphas ignores him and leaves. Dismas then turns to Gesmas; to Jesus, sobbing]
Jesus
Amen, I say to you... on this day... you will join me... in paradise...
[smiles weakly]
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Forgiveness Amidst Suffering and Ignorance
Jesus
] them, Father. They know not what they do.
[[Forgive]
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The Significance of Sacrifice and Remembrance
Jesus
Take this and ]. This is my ], spilled for you and for many. Do this in ] of me.
[[drink; [blood; [memory]
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Fulfillment of a profound mission
Jesus
It is accomplished!
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Caution Against Trusting Predators
Tim Ballard
Never trust a pedophile.
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Unforeseen Circumstances and Expectations
Carroll Oerstadt
It wasn't supposed to be like this...
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Despair and Bliss: A Man's Journey
Edmond Dantès
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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The Dilemma of Escape and Survival
David
Johannes. I want to escape. You said that if we weren’t dead we could change things. But how do you know they’re going to let us live?
Johannes
We don’t.
David
Then we should leave while we still can.
Johannes
They’d kill us if we tried.
David
They’re going to kill us anyway. We should do everything we can to stay alive. That’s what you said.
David
You’re scared.
Johannes
Yes, I am.
David
I don’t want to be scared anymore, Johannes.
Johannes
Neither do I.
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The Value of Hate in Love's Absence
Edmond Dantès
If you ever loved me, don't rob me of my hate. It's all I have.
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Rising Child Exploitation in Digital Media
Tim Ballard
Do you know there are 22 million new images of child porn on the Internet? That's up 5,000% from just 5 years ago. 5,000%.
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Uncertainty About Future Developments
Carroll Oerstadt
You think you know what's coming? You don't have a clue.
Doug Carlin
I know where you're going. I know you're gonna be away for a long time. I know that.
Carroll Oerstadt
This case will never even go to trial.
Doug Carlin
No?
Carroll Oerstadt
Cause I seen what's coming.
Doug Carlin
Did... Have you? What? What is in this glass? You've seen what's coming, huh? Okay, what's coming? You tell me.
Carroll Oerstadt
I told you earlier I have a destiny, a purpose. Satan reasons like man, but God thinks of eternity. Well, I prostrate myself before a world that's going to hell in a handbag, cause in all eternity, I am here and I will be remembered. That's destiny. A bomb has a destiny, a predetermined fate set by the hand of its creator, and anyone who tries to alter that destiny will be destroyed. Anyone who tries to stop it from happening will cause it to happen, and that's what you don't understand. We're not here to coexist. I'm here to win. So you'd better have some divine intervention, buddy. You're gonna need it.
Doug Carlin
You'd better have some K-Y. You're gonna need it.
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Love and Forgiveness in Adversity
Jesus
You have heard that it was said, "] your ] and ] your ]." But I tell you, love your enemies and ] for those who persecute you. If you love those who love you, what reward is there in that?
[[Love; [neighbor; [hate; [enemy; [pray]
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Commending to the Father’s Hands
Jesus
Father, into your hands I commend my ].
[Last lines; [spirit]
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A Moment of Suffering and Connection
Jesus
I... thirst.
[struggles to speak]
Mary
Flesh of my flesh, heart of my heart. My son, let me die with you.
[looks at Jesus with tears in her eyes]
Jesus
Mother... Behold... your son! Son, behold... your mother!
[to Mary; turns to John; John tearfully nods, assuring him his mother will be safe]
Gesmas
There is no one left! They have abandoned you, Jesus!
[noticing everyone has gone and he glares at Jesus]
Jesus
ELOI! ELOI! Lama Sabacthani! It is finished. Father... Into your hands... I give you... my spirit...
[with all his strength; turns to his friends and mother below him, softly; turns his head to the sky; Jesus dies]
Abenader
Cassius! Come on, do it!
Cassius
He's dead!
[dropping his hammer]
Abenader
Make sure!
[tosses his spear to him]
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Preparedness and Devotion to the Father
Jesus
My ] is ready, Father. My heart is ready.
[[heart]
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A Simple Exchange Between Mother and Son
Mary
Jesus! Jesus! Are you hungry?
[preparing some meal; she goes to him]
Jesus
Yes, I am.
Mary
This is very tall.
[observes the table Jesus made]
Jesus
Yeah.
Mary
Who are you making it for?
Jesus
Why for a rich man.
Mary
So, does he like to eat standing up?
[doubtful]
Jesus
No, he eats like so. Tall tables, and tall chairs. Well, I haven't made them yet.
[chuckles; sits down in a stance that matches the table's height]
Mary
This won't do at all! Hey! Remove that filthy apron before you enter. And wash your hands!
[dismayed; walks back into the house with a laughing Jesus following her; Jesus complies; Mary uses her vase to wash Jesus's hands who playfully teases her, much to her joy]
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Facing Life's Storms with Courage
Edmond Dantès
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" Then the fates will know you as we know you: as Albert Mondego, the man!
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Escape and Planning in Adversity
Edmond Dantès
How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.
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Questioning Abandonment in Suffering
Jesus
Elahi, Elahi, lema sabachthani? ("My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?")
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