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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.

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.

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.

Jesus: [struggles to speak] I... thirst.

Mary: [looks at Jesus with tears in her eyes] Flesh of my flesh, heart of my heart. My son, let me die with you.

Jesus: [to Mary; turns to John; John tearfully nods, assuring him his mother will be safe] Mother... Behold... your son! Son, behold... your mother!

Gesmas: [noticing everyone has gone and he glares at Jesus] There is no one left! They have abandoned you, Jesus!

Jesus: [with all his strength; turns to his friends and mother below him, softly; turns his head to the sky; Jesus dies] ELOI! ELOI! Lama Sabacthani! It is finished. Father... Into your hands... I give you... my spirit...

Abenader: Cassius! Come on, do it!

Cassius: [dropping his hammer] He's dead!

Abenader: [tosses his spear to him] Make sure!

Gesmas: [groans in pain; the crowd laughs and the guards insult Jesus, gesturing him to come down] If you are the son of God, why can't you save yourself? Prove to us that you are who you say you are!

Caiaphas: [approaches Jesus; to the crowd] 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!

Jesus: [sobbing and in pain, he looks up at the sky to pray] Father... forgive them, for... they know not what they do.

Dismas: [to Caiaphas; Caiaphas ignores him and leaves. Dismas then turns to Gesmas; to Jesus, sobbing] 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.

Jesus: [smiles weakly] Amen, I say to you... on this day... you will join me... in paradise...

Pilate: [in both Hebrew and Latin] Behold the Man!

Crowd: CRUCIFY HIM!

Pilate: [angrily; the crowd continues to yell CRUCIFY HIM] Is this not enough? Look at him! You want me to crucify your king?

Caiaphas: King?! We have no king but Caesar!

Pilate: [turns to Jesus, in Latin] Speak to me, I have the power to have you crucified, or else set you free.

Jesus: [in Latin] 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.

Caiaphas: If you release him, governor, you are no friend to Caesar!

Pilate: [to Caiaphas; turns to Abenader] Remember that it is you who wants him dead, not I! His blood is in your hands! Abenader, do what they want.

Pilate: Drink?

Pilate: [in Hebrew] Are you the king of the Jews?

Jesus: [in Latin, surprising Pilate and all the Romans around Jesus] Does that question come from you, or do you ask me this because others have told you what I am?

Pilate: [continues in Latin] 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?

Jesus: [looks at Pilate] 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?

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?

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: [grabs Peter by the robe to try and stop him] Of course, you do! You are Peter! You are one of Jesus's disciples! Somebody, stop him!

Peter: [shoves everyone away] Stop it! Stop it, damn you! I swear, I don't know him! I have never seen that man! I don't know him!

Peter: I am ready to follow you wherever you go, my lord, to prison, even to death.

Jesus: [Peter is confused] Amen, I say to you, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.

Annas: [looks at Jesus with contempt and disgust, but he could barely recognize him because of the scars and bruises all over his face] Who is this man you brought to us? He's chained up like a criminal.

Temple guard: [pulls Jesus closer] He is Jesus! The Nazarene troublemaker!

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: [angrily] Speak up!

Caiaphas: [the watching crowd chuckled] You are just the son of some obscure carpenter, no?

Annas: [[w:Elijah|Elijah] Some say you are like the prophet ], but he was carried off to the heavens in a chariot!

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: [strikes Jesus] Is that how you address the High Priest? With arrogance?

Jesus: If I have spoken evil, tell me what evil I have said. But if not, why do you hit me?

Annas: [sits beside Caiaphas and the other Pharisees] Yes, we will listen to those that have heard your blasphemies. Good! Let us hear them!

Accuser 1: [the crowd is shocked] He cures the sick, with the help of devils! I have seen it.

Accuser 2: He casts out devils, with the help of devils!

Accuser 3: [the crowd begins to jeer] He calls himself the king! The King of the Jews!

Accuser 4: [[w:Second Temple|temple; angrily spits at Jesus] No, he calls himself the Son of God! He said he would destroy the ] and rebuild it in three days!

Accuser 5: [the crowd throws insults on Jesus] 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!

Caiaphas: [stands up] Silence! You are all under this man's spell. Either offer proof of his wrongdoing, or be quiet!

Joseph: [intervening on Jesus's behalf; the angry Pharisees proceed to kick him out, along with other Pharisees who try to defend Jesus] This entire proceeding is an outrage! All I have heard from these "witnesses" is mindless contradiction!

Caiaphas: [glares at Jesus] 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?

Jesus: [after a moment of silence, he looks at the Pharisees and the crowd; everyone around him gasps in horror] I am. And you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of God, and arriving from the clouds of heaven.

Caiaphas: [shocked; he angrily tears his robes; to the angry crowd] Blasphemy! You all heard him! Why bother with witnesses when he himself has blasphemed! What is your verdict?!

Crowd: [in unison] DEATH!

Mary: [preparing some meal; she goes to him] Jesus! Jesus! Are you hungry?

Jesus: Yes, I am.

Mary: [observes the table Jesus made] This is very tall.

Jesus: Yeah.

Mary: Who are you making it for?

Jesus: Why for a rich man.

Mary: [doubtful] So, does he like to eat standing up?

Jesus: [chuckles; sits down in a stance that matches the table's height] No, he eats like so. Tall tables, and tall chairs. Well, I haven't made them yet.

Mary: [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] This won't do at all! Hey! Remove that filthy apron before you enter. And wash your hands!

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?

Jesus: [Last lines; [spirit] Father, into your hands I commend my ].

Jesus: It is accomplished!

Jesus: * Traditionally untranslated in the Gospels

Jesus: Elahi, Elahi, lema sabachthani? ("My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?")

Jesus: [[Forgive] ] them, Father. They know not what they do.

Jesus: [[Judas; [w:Son of man (Christianity)|Son of Man; [kiss] ], you betray the ] with a ]?

Jesus: [[Saint Peter|Peter] ], you could not watch even one hour with me?

Jesus: [[heart] My ] is ready, Father. My heart is ready.

Jesus: [[drink; [blood; [memory] Take this and ]. This is my ], spilled for you and for many. Do this in ] of me.

Jesus: [[Love; [neighbor; [hate; [enemy; [pray] 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?

Jesus: [[good; [life; [power; [Father] 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 ].

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.

Tim Ballard: I'm the sadness in her eyes. Me. When God tells you what to do, you cannot hesitate.

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.

Tim Ballard: Only the courageous act rest are tyrannized by a legal system, made by cowardly men.

Tim Ballard: Never trust a pedophile.

Tim Ballard: God's children are not for sale.

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%.

Tim Ballard: [''About child sex trafficking''] 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.

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.

Doug Carlin: [pause] You killed 543 people. How do you feel about that? I think that you were a murderer right from the beginning.

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.

Carroll Oerstadt: * Last words

Carroll Oerstadt: It wasn't supposed to be like this...

Jerry: [A beat.] You ever been on the street?

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.

Edmond Dantès: [visiting the Chateau d'If before looking at the sea for the last time and setting his sword down on the rocks] 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.

Edmond Dantès: You've only got one shot, and it will take more than that to stop me.

Edmond Dantès: How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.

Edmond Dantès: If you ever loved me, don't rob me of my hate. It's all I have.

Edmond Dantès: You didn't think I would make it that easy did you?

Edmond Dantès: Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

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!