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00:02:21Why have you stopped us?
00:02:23That's not enough to say hello.
00:02:25I'm on official business.
00:02:27Only Roman business is official business.
00:02:32My name is Quintus.
00:02:34I'm the Praetor of Capernaum.
00:02:35And I am?
00:02:36I'm the great Nicodemus.
00:02:38Word travels fast.
00:02:40Are you arresting me?
00:02:42No, my friend.
00:02:44I'm a magistrate, not a military man.
00:02:47I serve the will of the people, and a pilot.
00:02:49And I serve only God.
00:02:51Yes, yes.
00:02:53So do your enemies, the Sadducees, the Essenes, the Zealots.
00:02:57Rogue preachers in the wilderness raving about a coming Messiah.
00:03:01They're all vying for the people's affection.
00:03:04What do you want, Quintus?
00:03:06I believe taxes are going unpaid.
00:03:09If you help me, I will help the Pharisees continue to thrive.
00:03:14How can I?
00:03:15The people already drowning in tax.
00:03:19Tell me, Nicodemus, what can be under the water and yet never drown?
00:03:28Fish?
00:03:29Honestly, I always look forward to my annual visit to Capernaum and your magnificent Sea of Galilee.
00:03:37It is truly the envy of the kingdom.
00:03:44Even my children are enamored of it.
00:03:47All day they would swim, frolic in the sand, and watch the people.
00:03:54Finally, one day I said, you love it here so much.
00:03:57Fish?
00:03:58Why is it you never go to the sea when we visit your grandparents back home?
00:04:02My son, he just shrugged and said, but father, there's never anyone there.
00:04:07It's dead.
00:04:10And your sea boasts the most exquisite fish.
00:04:17How unfortunate that those who do the actual fishing are unholy.
00:04:24Foul-mouthed, given to gambling in secret dens, and even fishing on Shabbat.
00:04:29Can we eat the catch and not be stained by the sins of the catcher?
00:04:34Make no mistake.
00:04:36It is a sin to eat fish caught on Shabbat.
00:04:39What goes into the body of a man defiles him.
00:04:42Why are our Jewish brethren taking their boats to sea on Shabbat?
00:04:47I assure you, the Messiah will not come until this wickedness is purged from our midst.
00:04:55Your actions are being watched, studied.
00:04:58God has entrusted you to be exemplary in every way.
00:05:02Now, if your status is too great a burden, you do not deserve to bear the name of Israel.
00:05:14I want to see my reflection in it plain as day.
00:05:17This teacher has traveled all the way from Judea.
00:05:19He is a member of the great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, and I won't have him seated at the dull table.
00:05:25Yusef, fix your tallit.
00:05:32Here he comes.
00:05:35Away, go, get the others.
00:05:42Rabbi.
00:05:45Teacher.
00:05:46You have moved us all.
00:05:48Shmuel.
00:05:49What?
00:05:50Will you do us the honor, Rabbi?
00:05:52If that's where you keep the white sardines.
00:05:59We certainly could get.
00:06:01It was a joke, Shmuel.
00:06:07A fine Torah room is the heartbeat of a worthy synagogue, Shmuel.
00:06:14Thank you, teacher of Israel.
00:06:16You do us a great honor.
00:06:17The honor is mine.
00:06:18Not only for your bright students, but also for the soul of this city.
00:06:24You heard my address?
00:06:26Of course.
00:06:27Your words will resonate for generations.
00:06:28You were luminous.
00:06:30In my remarks, I asked for rhetorical purposes, why are Jews taking boats to sea on Shabbat?
00:06:39That question was meant for you, Rabbi Shmuel.
00:06:43The reports are becoming too frequent to ignore.
00:06:45Of course, Rabbi.
00:06:47We...
00:06:47I will control it better.
00:06:49The Romans believe we do not work on Sabbath, thus they do not patrol.
00:06:52Greed has overcome the fishermen.
00:06:54Or they are just trying to feed their families.
00:06:58Begging your pardon, Rabbi?
00:06:59The centurion is here.
00:07:01He demands to speak with you.
00:07:02Please tell him we have an ordered guest and cannot be interrupted.
00:07:05I can't wait.
00:07:07Messiah, come quickly.
00:07:11Impressive.
00:07:13Looks like we're not the only ones taxing the people.
00:07:16What do you want, Commander?
00:07:18I'm no commander, but at least you know your place.
00:07:21This is Nicodemus, teacher of teachers. Show some respect.
00:07:25Ah, just the man I want to see.
00:07:27I'm here about a Hebrew woman in a red quarter.
00:07:30Let's just say she's been causing a disturbance.
00:07:33You have an entire Roman legion at your disposal.
00:07:36Thank you for the reminder, Jew.
00:07:39But she needs a holy man.
00:07:41We are men of God.
00:07:43It is not our custom to frequent the red quarter.
00:07:47Perhaps I wasn't clear. Teacher of teachers.
00:07:51You'll accompany me to the red quarter,
00:07:53or we'll burn it down with our fire of fires.
00:08:17Let's go.
00:08:23Let's go.
00:08:34Let's go.
00:08:35They're going.
00:08:36We're all working.
00:08:36No, no, no.
00:08:37Sure we go.
00:08:41Let's go.
00:08:42Upstairs.
00:08:43Rivka's place.
00:08:47Don't worry Rabbi, we took out the other lowlifes to protect your delicate sensibilities.
00:08:55What is that?
00:09:00I need materials.
00:09:01Shmiral!
00:09:04Sulfur, metals, hyssop, wormwood.
00:09:09Go.
00:09:10Yes, you too.
00:09:19Well, do your job.
00:09:24Listen, I agreed to Quintus's request.
00:09:28Not a demand, because he should not demand anything of me.
00:09:32To stop Shabbat fishing, which was already our law, and by doing so was not a violation of my practice.
00:09:37And I will try to help this woman even though it falls outside of my purview.
00:09:43But do not think of me as a tool to fix Roman problems.
00:09:47I will not continue to use my position of religious influence to benefit those who look down on my people,
00:09:54whether it's you or even someone like Quintus.
00:09:59So, I will perform this task.
00:10:02But I want it noted for your superiors.
00:10:05This is an exception!
00:10:09So, can we go now?
00:10:12Yes.
00:10:19How long has she been like this?
00:10:21Like what?
00:10:24I'm trying to help her, Rivka.
00:10:26All you're gonna do is mess this place up.
00:10:29Then what?
00:10:30You're gonna stop by and help clean Rabbi?
00:10:32The demons that torment her soul will turn your place to dust.
00:10:36Even if you care nothing for her soul, at least-
00:10:39Lilith never hurt anyone that didn't hurt her first.
00:10:43Mostly.
00:10:45She has these spells.
00:10:47We let her be and then she's as sweet as an angel again.
00:10:52Curse it all, Lil!
00:11:01You can put an end to this.
00:11:25I adjure you by the holy angels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and Raziel.
00:11:37I adjure you, cursed dragon, and diabolical legions.
00:11:43Come out!
00:11:45I adjure you, spawn of Beelzebub, of Badan and Sheol, by the utterings of all the Watchers and the Holy
00:11:55Ones.
00:11:55In the name of Adonai, God of the heavens, cease to deceive this human creature.
00:12:10I command you, in covenant with Abraham, in the names of Jacob, Isaac, Moses, the all-powerful El Shaddai.
00:12:25Fly from this innocent soul!
00:12:35iezsad.
00:12:55We are not afraid to give you.
00:13:00You have no power, dear teacher.
00:13:12We finished yet.
00:13:28We'll be late to dinner.
00:13:32I know.
00:13:35You did everything you could for her.
00:13:38Now put it out of your mind.
00:13:41I could never forget what I saw.
00:13:45Tonight you are an honored guest.
00:13:48Leaders will expect you to perform
00:13:50and to have your wits about you.
00:13:53Why?
00:13:56Why must I perform?
00:14:01First I performed for Quintus.
00:14:03You taught God's love.
00:14:05Then for the slum dwellers.
00:14:07And this?
00:14:07What sort of performance is this?
00:14:11When did Shabbat become theater?
00:14:14You are the teacher of Israel.
00:14:16You do not have questions.
00:14:18You have answers.
00:14:19You have authority.
00:14:20You bring clarity, not confusion.
00:14:27Come.
00:14:31Come.
00:14:36Tell me.
00:14:40What do you see in the mirror?
00:14:43It is a cheap glass.
00:14:45I can barely make out anything at all.
00:14:51Sometimes I wonder if what we can know of Adonai and the law is just as blurred.
00:14:58What if we are not seeing the whole picture?
00:15:04What if it is more beautiful and more strange than we can ever imagine?
00:15:15That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
00:15:18It might even be blasphemy.
00:15:22It was just a thought.
00:15:24And you will never utter those thoughts in public.
00:15:28A man is free to question in his heart.
00:15:32Then leave it in your heart.
00:15:34This is a serious engagement.
00:15:36They expect an erudite teacher, not a doubting blaspheming fool.
00:15:46Others saw what happened in the Red District.
00:15:49And what did they see?
00:15:50You rose to your rank on merit.
00:15:54You have dedicated your life's work to serve God, not to become him.
00:16:04I failed.
00:16:05Stop it.
00:16:07It was a mistake to be there in the first place.
00:16:10But from now on, stick to the academy.
00:16:13Leave exorcism to the exorcists.
00:16:19You are right.
00:16:22I should never have been there.
00:16:23You spoke the words.
00:16:26Demon did not respond.
00:16:27Demons.
00:16:31Many.
00:16:35Only God himself could have drawn them out.
00:16:41Nico.
00:16:43I'm coming.
00:16:51Only God himself.
00:16:54Your first thought might be that I should never have set foot in the Red District at all.
00:17:01And I would say you are probably correct.
00:17:06Often we make decisions in haste in our desire to correct a lost soul.
00:17:14But how to explain what happened when I was there.
00:17:24Brothers, when we follow God's law to the letter, God is alive through us.
00:17:31Would you agree, people?
00:17:32Yes, Rabbi.
00:17:33Yes, Rabbi.
00:17:33And he lives through you, and you, and you, if you follow his law.
00:17:39Now, imagine, if you can, one who heeds only wickedness for a lifetime.
00:17:46Demons root in wicked souls as pigs in filth.
00:17:52A possession like this was fatal.
00:17:56And souls such as hers, sadly, are beyond all human aid.
00:18:05Of the world.
00:18:05And we're not full of support.
00:18:14And we're not full of support.
00:18:14And we're out.
00:18:14Over here, Emma and the дорог.
00:18:23Over here, Emma and the dark.
00:18:24That's enough to why.
00:18:25That's enough to say that.
00:18:27That's enough to say that.
00:18:30And that's enough to follow the matter.
00:18:32I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
00:19:12Nicodemus?
00:19:13Nicodemus?
00:19:14You...
00:19:17Nicodemus?
00:19:19I'm studying.
00:19:21Was.
00:19:22Apologies, Rabbi.
00:19:25What is so urgent, Schmuel?
00:19:27The judges of our Sanhedrin sent for you.
00:19:30The Abedin himself requests your presence.
00:19:35God is good.
00:19:38What happened?
00:19:55Rabbi Nicodemus of the Great Sanhedrin,
00:19:57we are greatly honored by your presence.
00:20:00The honor is mine, Abedin.
00:20:05I was given the impression there was a matter of some urgency.
00:20:10We are considering a formal inquiry.
00:20:14What are the charges?
00:20:17A miracle, Rabbi of rabbis.
00:20:20This man's testimony is clear.
00:20:23His account, miraculous.
00:20:26The woman in the red quarter to whom you offered rights...
00:20:30She is redeemed.
00:20:33You...
00:20:34You saw her?
00:20:36Yes, teacher.
00:20:37Perfectly restored and radiant.
00:20:39Wait.
00:20:39At the hairdressers at the market.
00:20:42Men are not allowed at the hairdressers.
00:20:44Of course, they did not go in.
00:20:45But she was on an errand.
00:20:47I believed my eyes betrayed me,
00:20:49so I followed until I was certain.
00:20:53There can be no doubt.
00:20:55Teacher, you were successful.
00:20:57I told you...
00:20:58Silence.
00:21:00This is an unparalleled revelation.
00:21:03You yourself pointed out that the depth of her demonic oppression was beyond human aid.
00:21:10We want to send word to Jerusalem at once.
00:21:14Abedin, with your permission,
00:21:17I would like to investigate this sighting myself
00:21:19before you conduct a formal inquiry into this,
00:21:23or have news of it spread.
00:21:26We will, of course, yield to your request,
00:21:29but may we inquire as to the reason for your reticence?
00:21:34Just as this exorcism took some time to prove effective,
00:21:38it may have a tentative hold.
00:21:41It could come as a shock for a young woman of her station
00:21:45to be poured over by your learned judges,
00:21:49whereas his mind's a familiar face.
00:21:51It is decided.
00:21:53Conduct your investigation, but please be efficient.
00:21:57News of this kind, it grows legs.
00:22:11You're not teaching today.
00:22:13I have research.
00:22:15Don't be too long.
00:22:17Our guests will be arriving early.
00:22:19Oh.
00:22:21Nico, they are dear colleagues who admire you.
00:22:26They have been waiting weeks for the teacher of teachers to lead Shabbat.
00:22:31It would be like sharing loves with God himself.
00:22:36Sharing?
00:22:37No.
00:22:38Am I the only one hearing this?
00:22:42It's a small gathering.
00:22:44You just go through it quickly.
00:22:47Try to avoid spending too much time honoring God and our heritage.
00:23:00It's you.
00:23:03It's real.
00:23:05Lilith.
00:23:07No, no.
00:23:08Please.
00:23:08Don't be frightened.
00:23:09My name is Nicodemus.
00:23:12I ministered to you, Lilith.
00:23:14I don't answer to that name.
00:23:16I am Mary.
00:23:18I was born Mary.
00:23:19But you were called Lilith, yes?
00:23:22Please, I must go.
00:23:23No.
00:23:24No.
00:23:24Please, Mary.
00:23:25I am desperate for your help, Mary.
00:23:28I'm a Pharisee.
00:23:30I'm visiting from Jerusalem.
00:23:31I'm a man of God.
00:23:33And I believe you have experienced a miracle, Mary.
00:23:41Are you really a Pharisee?
00:23:43Yes.
00:23:45I'm sorry.
00:23:45I wasn't...
00:23:47I'm not here to enforce Jewish law.
00:23:52So how do you know who I am?
00:23:54You really don't remember me at all?
00:23:57I burned incense?
00:23:58I don't remember.
00:24:00It's all a blur.
00:24:03I can't go back into that.
00:24:05No.
00:24:05No.
00:24:06I don't want you to.
00:24:07I can't even imagine.
00:24:10But you are healed.
00:24:12That much is clear.
00:24:15I just want to understand how it happened.
00:24:21That makes two of us.
00:24:25How long after my visit did you feel the change?
00:24:31It wasn't anything you did.
00:24:34It was someone else.
00:24:38Someone else?
00:24:44He called me Mary.
00:24:47He said,
00:24:50I am his.
00:24:54I am redeemed.
00:24:56And...
00:24:57And it was so?
00:25:03Who...
00:25:04did this?
00:25:06I don't know his name.
00:25:08And even if I did, I could not tell you.
00:25:10Why not?
00:25:13His time for men to know has not yet come.
00:25:17His time for men...
00:25:22He performs miracles and seeks no credit?
00:25:27Well...
00:25:27What does he look like?
00:25:29Is he a member of Sanhedrin?
00:25:31Would you at least know him if you saw him again?
00:25:33I...
00:25:34I don't know why I am sharing this with you.
00:25:37I...
00:25:39I don't understand it myself.
00:25:43But here is what I can tell you.
00:25:46I was one way.
00:25:50And now I am completely different.
00:25:53And the thing that happened in between...
00:25:56was him.
00:25:59So yes, I will know him for the rest of my life.
00:26:06I have to be home to prepare for Shabbat, as I am sure you do.
00:26:12So mean that you are even hosting Shabbat dinner?
00:26:15It will be nothing like yours, I am sure of that.
00:26:18But I am going to try.
00:26:23Shabbat shalom.
00:26:24Shabbat shalom.
00:26:24Shabbat shalom.
00:26:33Mary.
00:26:36This is the last of a long line of traditional works...
00:26:40that his family has made.
00:26:42This is...
00:26:43I hope you will enjoy...
00:27:10what's on your mind love?
00:27:14Asmundian.
00:27:17do you know the significance tell me 200 years ago we were ruled by the Greek
00:27:25King Antiochus the fourth he suppressed our religious observances it wasn't
00:27:35until the Maccabees revolted and ushered in the Hasmonean dynasty that our
00:27:41worship was restored you are as smart as you are handsome who is responsible for
00:27:53suppressing our worship now I fear I know the answer it is a beautiful tapestry
00:28:04should the artist have made it less so to what purpose sadness a conquered people
00:28:18you are wise as you are beautiful
00:28:27shabbat shalom shabbat shalom shabbat shalom shabbat shalom oh honored rabbi we are humbled and honored by
00:28:36your presence in Capernaum you make us home only God can do that shall we join the others thank
00:28:47you try to get the seat near the head of the table a woman of valor who can find I
00:29:02saw it with my own
00:29:03eyes the lion stretched from the edge of the Jordan into the acacia groves as far as the eye could
00:29:08see
00:29:08all of them awaiting an immersion in the river by a loud man in camel skin and not for purification
00:29:15he
00:29:15called it a baptism of repentance of forgiveness of sin what exactly did he say have you seen him
00:29:20I have not that is what he said rabbi is there precedent for this what of his speech rabbi his
00:29:28words
00:29:29the message did he advocate rabbinic law did he call for revolution violence not the violence
00:29:35but I haven't told you the worst part one of our own approached him and he called all of us
00:29:40snakes
00:29:41us yes religious leaders snakes he ranted like a madman about how worthless we were
00:29:47what else what else what could be worse than that it depends on who he is
00:29:57he told tax collectors and soldiers not to extort money or collect more than they're authorized to
00:30:01they were present as he said this yes and he told the commoners to share food and clothing with
00:30:05those who have none reaching a populist message in Jerusalem I heard talk of a wild man who entered
00:30:12the king's court with a list of evils done by Herod Antipas and his family what should be done rabbi
00:30:20can we bring him in for questioning by the Sanhedrin if it is the same person he does not answer
00:30:26to
00:30:26Sanhedrin and we're not his only targets anyway he seems to relish rejecting anything with tradition
00:30:33or anyone with influence
00:30:39do they say he performs miracles
00:30:45I don't know
00:30:49this meeting's adjourned
00:30:55we should be counting our blessings
00:30:57I don't know it's great indeed
00:30:59this trip could not have gone any better if we had planned every moment
00:31:04my eyes are always open and new in this land
00:31:07not to mention the new opportunities our successes here will no doubt unlock
00:31:12we will stay another fortnight or until all of my research is concluded
00:31:19but Nico surely you can conclude your research in Jerusalem if the archives are there
00:31:23the matter is decided
00:31:35it's important I need to see him
00:31:38I'm sorry to interrupt at this hour rabbi
00:31:41I bring news regarding the heretic called John
00:31:45the baptizer
00:31:47Romans have taken him into custody
00:31:50how did you hear of this
00:31:51wish me well rabbi
00:31:53I believe he may have given the Romans his location
00:31:57we do not likely turn Jews over to the Romans
00:32:00did the Sanhedrin order this
00:32:02no teacher
00:32:07I want to question the baptizer myself
00:32:10I'll make inquiries
00:32:12thank you Yosef
00:32:13yes rabbi
00:32:14and
00:32:15I will discuss this
00:32:17with Shmiwa myself
00:32:46you are supposed to be the powerful one
00:32:50yet you are more frightened here than I am
00:32:58are you the one they call John the baptizer
00:33:15yes
00:33:19I have
00:33:22questions
00:33:23for you
00:33:24about
00:33:27miracles
00:33:30miracles
00:33:31miracles
00:33:32yes John
00:33:33signs and wonders
00:33:35from whom
00:33:37you
00:33:40are you adding those to my list of infractions
00:33:43only a fantasy
00:33:45you would have labeled Moses a lunatic for talking to a shrub
00:33:49do you consider yourself to be like Moses
00:34:08tell me about your ministry
00:34:13do you remember when Caesar traveled through to there
00:34:17yes
00:34:18yes
00:34:19he sent all these men to clear logs
00:34:20and debris for the coming king
00:34:23make straight the way for the king
00:34:25they'd shout
00:34:26prepare the way
00:34:28the roads in Jerusalem do not have the same problem
00:34:30but I remember the visit
00:34:32I had to move
00:34:32Romans aren't kind to the homeless
00:34:34lost all my possessions
00:34:36many in Jerusalem were frightened as well
00:34:37oh they were lucky to have you to comfort them
00:34:40for a price
00:34:41of course
00:34:42should we be clearing the road for you John
00:34:46is that the point of this story
00:34:47I don't like your frock
00:34:49the cost of the vestments alone could feed three children in Nazareth for a month
00:34:53do you hail from Nazareth
00:34:55hmm
00:34:56in Jericho
00:34:59in Bethlehem
00:35:00Jaffa
00:35:01Jebron
00:35:01I see
00:35:03well
00:35:05you have a new home now
00:35:07whatever your mission was
00:35:09I hope you completed it
00:35:10but you're here to ask about miracles
00:35:15but first
00:35:15I wanted to tell you of a miracle that I've seen
00:35:20but cannot comprehend
00:35:21and then to make accusations
00:35:23this is pointless
00:35:25clearly you are not a frothing madman
00:35:28but every bit as unreasonable
00:35:30you imprison me
00:35:32and accuse me of being ill-tempered
00:35:34I am not your captor
00:35:35do you not understand
00:35:37this is a Roman cell
00:35:40I came here to speak to the warden on your behalf
00:35:42on my behalf
00:35:44why are you really here old man
00:35:46the official reason
00:35:49you are a Jewish citizen
00:35:51if you have broken Jewish law
00:35:53it sets a dangerous precedent
00:35:55to allow Rome to adjudicate
00:35:58and the real reason
00:36:06the truth
00:36:08I am far from home
00:36:11I am looking in
00:36:13places I would never go
00:36:16because
00:36:18I am searching for an explanation
00:36:21for something I
00:36:22I cannot unsee
00:36:28no one else knows you're here
00:36:36tell me from the beginning
00:36:39multiple demons
00:36:40I saw it myself
00:36:43they jeered at me
00:36:44from inside her mouth
00:36:46nothing could be done for her
00:36:47short of a miracle
00:36:48and she won't say who restored her
00:36:50he did not reveal his name to her
00:36:55what?
00:36:56what?
00:36:57it has begun
00:36:58what has
00:36:59if he's healing in secret now
00:37:00the public signs cannot be far off
00:37:02public signs?
00:37:03what?
00:37:04you know him?
00:37:06you can say that
00:37:07what's his name?
00:37:09who has ascended into heaven
00:37:10and come back down?
00:37:12I asked his name
00:37:13who has gathered the wind in his fist?
00:37:15don't quote Solomon to me
00:37:16you wild mongrel
00:37:17who has wrapped up the waters
00:37:19in a garment
00:37:20finish it
00:37:21no, you answer me first
00:37:22future of Israel
00:37:24finish the oracle of Agur
00:37:25son of Jekei
00:37:26who has established
00:37:29all the ends of the earth?
00:37:31what is his name
00:37:32and what is the name
00:37:34of his son?
00:37:36surely you know
00:37:38you are careless with Torah
00:37:41God does not have a son
00:37:43except Israel
00:37:44Israel is his only son
00:37:46all of us
00:37:48suit yourself
00:37:51you know they'll put a man to death
00:37:52for blasphemy like that
00:37:54who will?
00:37:54you
00:37:55it'd be a terrible precedent
00:37:57for Rome to adjudicate
00:37:59I should never have come here
00:38:01all your life
00:38:03you've been asleep
00:38:05make straight the way
00:38:06for the king
00:38:07he is here
00:38:08to awaken the earth
00:38:10but some will not want to waken
00:38:12they're in love
00:38:13with the dark
00:38:16I wonder
00:38:17which one
00:38:18you'll be
00:38:22now
00:38:22if this man
00:38:24is anything like you believe
00:38:25or if he exists at all
00:38:27you should leave this region
00:38:28your presence alone
00:38:30puts him in danger
00:38:31if you think he needs my help
00:38:35you've heard nothing
00:38:50I've just returned from questioning the man known as John the Baptizer
00:38:54while in Roman custody at length of betting
00:38:59though his appearance is unconventional
00:39:02and his teachings ignorant
00:39:04I've concluded he presents no material threat to Herod or to the public peace
00:39:12order
00:39:14the man has a following
00:39:16we've heard as much from brother Shmuel's testimony
00:39:19is that not a matter of concern
00:39:21I believe these followers are simply investigating
00:39:24as one would
00:39:25a loud noise
00:39:26and on inspection
00:39:29they will find that his words bear
00:39:31as much substance
00:39:32he seeks attention
00:39:34they do not gather on the Jordan
00:39:36to be immersed
00:39:37as we understand ritual cleansing
00:39:39they stand in line
00:39:41because
00:39:42others are standing in line
00:39:45they only legitimized him
00:39:47by ordering his detention
00:39:49very effort to keep him silent
00:39:53gives him a pedestal
00:39:55but Nicodemus
00:39:56we issued no such order
00:39:58no
00:39:59I was shown sworn statements
00:40:01from the arresting soldiers
00:40:02saying a Pharisee
00:40:04had ordered his detention
00:40:05perhaps they were mistaken
00:40:07it was me
00:40:10I turned him in
00:40:12brother Shmuel
00:40:13he who justifies the wicked
00:40:15and he who condemns the righteous
00:40:17are both like an abomination to the Lord
00:40:20quoting the Proverbs of Solomon
00:40:21is not an explanation
00:40:22I will not turn a blind eye to his sins
00:40:24even when all others do
00:40:25what sins?
00:40:26he called us a brood of vipers
00:40:29it uses coarse language
00:40:30to attract attention
00:40:31do you know how vipers are born?
00:40:34they hatch inside their mothers
00:40:36the law of Moses says
00:40:38you shall not hate your brother in your heart
00:40:40were he a member of our congregation
00:40:41or our faction
00:40:42we would admonish him
00:40:43but he's not
00:40:44he's a rogue
00:40:46who answers to no one
00:40:47brother Shmuel
00:40:48your rash actions
00:40:49have inflated the importance
00:40:51of a trivial outlier
00:40:52and drawn undue attention
00:40:54to our sect by Rome
00:40:55but he is
00:40:56and I'm astonished
00:40:57that any student
00:40:59of the great
00:40:59and learned Nicodemus
00:41:01would have the temerity
00:41:02to bypass
00:41:03his approval
00:41:04I'll talk to him
00:41:05I bid deen
00:41:06you will defer to your teacher
00:41:08on all matters of polity
00:41:10and practice
00:41:10do I make myself clear?
00:41:16yes your honor
00:41:17his counsel is adjourned
00:41:29thank you
00:41:30welcome rabbi
00:41:32greetings
00:41:32greetings
00:41:32everything is prepared
00:41:34teacher
00:41:35the scrolls of Isaiah
00:41:36and Malachi
00:41:37would you like us to get you
00:41:39any water
00:41:40teacher or
00:41:40no thank you
00:41:41actually I'd like to do the readings
00:41:43a little later
00:41:44would you mind giving me
00:41:45a little time to myself
00:41:46Of course, teacher.
00:41:51Shmuel, would you join me, please?
00:41:58Shmuel, my eyes are tired.
00:42:01Would you mind reading to me from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah?
00:42:13I'll see you later.
00:42:15Comfort, comfort, my people, says our...
00:42:17A little further down, a few lines.
00:42:20A voice cries,
00:42:22In the wilderness prepare the way of Adonai.
00:42:25Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
00:42:28Hmm, and...
00:42:30Who does that sound like?
00:42:34The heretic John.
00:42:36And what heresy do you find in those words, being that Isaiah said...
00:42:40The heresy is that John has appropriated Isaiah's words
00:42:45by taking a spiritual description of God in heaven
00:42:48and applying it to John's physical successor on earth.
00:42:52Successor?
00:42:52John said,
00:42:53After me comes he who is mightier than I,
00:42:56the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
00:43:00And?
00:43:01God has no body. He cannot wear sandals.
00:43:04God cannot take human form to say so is blasphemy.
00:43:07And where does it say that God cannot take human form?
00:43:10In the scroll of Deuteronomy.
00:43:12You saw no face the day Adonai spoke to you at Horeb.
00:43:15Just because they saw no form doesn't mean God cannot take one?
00:43:18In Exodus, you cannot see my face for no man shall see me and live.
00:43:22This person would have to walk around with his face covered.
00:43:25So you would place limits on the Almighty?
00:43:28None that are not written in law.
00:43:30And if God did something that you felt contradicted the Torah,
00:43:35would you tell him to get back in that box that you have carved for him?
00:43:40Or would you question your interpretation of the Torah?
00:43:46When I was a student, I knew all your sayings.
00:43:49I read every word you wrote.
00:43:51Your teachings were so sturdy, so reasoned and pure.
00:43:55We are still students, Shmuel.
00:43:58All of us.
00:43:59Our understanding will never be complete.
00:44:03It frightens me that I can no longer predict your rulings.
00:44:06And fear alone ensures we remain ignorant.
00:44:10Asleep in the safety of rigid tradition.
00:44:15Take the Sadducees.
00:44:18They take the first five books, the Law of Moses, as inspired scripture.
00:44:25The rest, they disregard.
00:44:28To them, God stopped speaking when Moses died.
00:44:32Think of all they have missed.
00:44:36The Psalms of David, the stories of Ruth and Boaz, Esther and Mordecai.
00:44:43I don't want to live in some bleak past where God cannot do anything new.
00:44:50Do you?
00:44:50Why is that your concern?
00:44:53God gave us his law.
00:44:55We must uphold it.
00:44:56We can do both.
00:44:57Let's look to the ancient roads where the good way is and walk in it, as Jeremiah said.
00:45:03And still keep our eyes open to the startling and the unexpected.
00:45:09Can we agree on that?
00:45:16Yes.
00:45:17You and I, we can lead the others in this.
00:45:23I beg your pardon, teacher of teachers.
00:45:25What's happened?
00:45:26A crowd has gathered in the east side to see a man preaching.
00:45:30A phetasy?
00:45:31No.
00:45:32A common person.
00:45:33It's not John.
00:45:35Someone normal.
00:45:37He has commanded the attention of the entire area.
00:45:40We will investigate.
00:45:59Excuse me.
00:46:00Quiet.
00:46:01We're trying to listen.
00:46:02Do you know who you are talking to?
00:46:04Shut me down.
00:46:05Did you hear his disrespect?
00:46:07Remember Red Quarter?
00:46:08We're out of our element here.
00:46:10But we have to find out who he is.
00:46:11He is teaching.
00:46:12Forget this crowd.
00:46:13All the more reason to be cautious.
00:46:16Rabbi.
00:46:17It's her.
00:46:20She is truly restored.
00:46:23I only heard your report and I've seen her for myself.
00:46:26She's a different person.
00:46:28Why?
00:46:29Shhh.
00:46:30A city on a hill cannot be hid.
00:46:32And if it were night time, Zebedee wouldn't light his lamp and put it under a basket.
00:46:38He put it on the stand where he could light us all.
00:46:41Jesus of Nazareth!
00:46:45I saw what you did to the leper on the road this morning.
00:46:54My friend has been paralyzed since childhood.
00:47:01He has no hope but you.
00:47:04Please.
00:47:05Do for him what you did for the leper.
00:47:10A leper?
00:47:13That's a rope!
00:47:14Put it back, man!
00:47:18You are willing, Rabbi.
00:47:20I know you can do this.
00:47:36Thank you, Rabbi.
00:47:37Thank you for taking more of Jesus.
00:47:40Jesus.
00:47:40Are you okay?
00:47:42Jesus is okay.
00:47:45Let's see how I heal yourself,神?
00:47:47Remember Iuning your camp to feed him?
00:47:49Yeah, that heолод.
00:47:51Jesus is okay.
00:47:54Down.
00:47:55Down.
00:47:56Repeat the pain.
00:47:56Get your câmera in the pain.
00:48:11You! By whose authority do you teach?
00:48:17Answer me!
00:48:18If you are willing, Rabbi, you know you can.
00:48:23I'm talking to you! By whom do you teach?
00:48:26Certainly not the authority of any rabbi from Nazareth.
00:48:29Where did you study?
00:48:31Your faith is beautiful.
00:48:39Son, take heart.
00:48:43Your sins are forgiven.
00:48:51Who is this who speaks blasphemies?
00:48:56Who can forgive sins but God alone?
00:49:00Right.
00:49:02But I ask you, which is easier to say?
00:49:06Your sins are forgiven?
00:49:09Or rise up and walk?
00:49:14It's easy to say anything, no?
00:49:18No, but to show you.
00:49:21And so that you may know that the Son of Man has the authority on Earth to forgive sins.
00:49:36I say to you, my son, rise, pick up your bed and go home.
00:49:46I say to you, my son, rise up and hang out to him.
00:50:16I say to you, my son, I say to you, my son, you're blind to you.
00:50:25Yes!
00:50:27Yes!
00:50:29Yes.
00:50:31Yes!
00:50:34Yes!
00:50:48Now go on.
00:51:21Oh my God, respect to the public peace.
00:52:02Mary, wait.
00:52:05You saw it?
00:52:06I saw a paralytic walk past me upon his two feet.
00:52:16You asked me before if I knew his name.
00:52:19Now everyone knows his name.
00:52:22And I fear for his safety.
00:52:23I mean no trouble to him.
00:52:25No dishonor.
00:52:26Your friends tried to have him arrested.
00:52:28They're jealous.
00:52:30They're afraid.
00:52:31But I'm not.
00:52:33I promise.
00:52:35Mary, please.
00:52:36I need to talk to him.
00:52:38I follow him, not the other way around.
00:52:41He doesn't tell anyone his plans.
00:52:43Will you ask him for a meeting?
00:52:46In secret.
00:52:46Under cover of night.
00:52:48At a place of his choosing.
00:52:49I don't care if it's a ravine or a cave or even a tomb.
00:52:54I just need to speak to him.
00:52:57Please, Mary.
00:53:02I will try.
00:53:17Praise Adonai, he is healthy and alive.
00:53:20What are you talking about?
00:53:22I received word from Jerusalem.
00:53:24Havela gave birth to a son.
00:53:26Your grandfather again.
00:53:27So soon?
00:53:28A month early, but all is well.
00:53:30Blessed be he.
00:53:31We'll have the rest of our things sent.
00:53:35No.
00:53:35No, no.
00:53:36My research here is not completed.
00:53:38But we have to make it back in time for the Briss.
00:53:41We have only eight days.
00:53:43Less than eight.
00:53:43This circumcision can be performed by any number of peoples of horror.
00:53:46Nico.
00:53:47This is your own grandson.
00:53:49Fifth grandson.
00:53:50I feel I will understand.
00:53:51Do you know what people will say when they learn that the great Nicodemus missed his own grandson's name day
00:53:56because he was doing research in Capernaum of all places?
00:53:59Research?
00:53:59That concerns not just one Jewish boy, but all of Israel.
00:54:04Past, present, and future.
00:54:05There is nothing in Capernaum but demoniacs and insolent schoolboys.
00:54:09Come to your senses.
00:54:12I have never been closer to my senses.
00:54:16That is not how it looks from the outside.
00:54:19Many things are not.
00:54:23I am ready to leave this place, Nico.
00:54:26I miss my children and my grandchildren, including the one I haven't even met yet.
00:54:30Oh, Zahara, please.
00:54:31You can't just barge.
00:54:33Oh, I believe I can.
00:54:36Printer Quintus.
00:54:37Zahara, is it?
00:54:39Pleasure to see you again.
00:54:43I trust all is well.
00:54:44Why would you trust that?
00:54:48Oh, yes, please.
00:54:49Do make yourself at home.
00:54:53We really will have to discuss the people's tithing.
00:54:58This is why you have come?
00:55:02I need to know if we have a problem, Nicodemus.
00:55:05I have complied with every request Rome has made to my office, even when it infringed on custom.
00:55:12Let me rephrase.
00:55:14You and I want the same thing.
00:55:16We want rules followed.
00:55:18We want order.
00:55:21Soldiers, money, votes, that's my world.
00:55:25Demons, prayers, oddballs.
00:55:28That's yours.
00:55:29I need to know if our worlds are on a collision course.
00:55:35The so-called miracle worker?
00:55:43Jesus of Nazareth.
00:55:45Don't even know what Nazareth is, but yes, him.
00:55:51Anecdotes and rumors.
00:55:52And a stampede in the eastern ghetto that delayed Herod's envoy.
00:55:56That really made me look bad.
00:56:00I hate that.
00:56:02The unrest began when your soldiers waded into the crowd brandishing weapons.
00:56:06It isn't an isolated event.
00:56:08I've heard reports.
00:56:10My source has an unwavering knack for accuracy and a compulsion for the truth.
00:56:14So again, I ask you, is there a problem?
00:56:20No.
00:56:23You don't seem sure.
00:56:27Maybe I could get better information from this Shmuel.
00:56:30He's very eager to see me.
00:56:34The only way to learn this preacher's intentions is to speak with him directly.
00:56:42So speak to him.
00:56:48I hate crowds.
00:56:51They take time and resources and then clean up is a pain.
00:56:55When you arrange a private meeting, I want to know when and where.
00:57:00Understand?
00:57:04What troubles you about this man?
00:57:07Preachers have a habit of becoming politicians.
00:57:10They sprout up like weeds and spread.
00:57:14You know, a wife is a gardener.
00:57:15She understands.
00:57:19Some flora spread their seeds when trampled.
00:57:23Who's to say you wouldn't be creating a martyr?
00:57:31I'll take my chances.
00:57:41You sympathize with this preacher.
00:57:58Mary?
00:58:00Are you alright?
00:58:02Me?
00:58:02Yes.
00:58:04May I speak with you, Rabbi?
00:58:05Yes, of course.
00:58:08Keep going.
00:58:12I wanted to apologize for yesterday.
00:58:15For what?
00:58:17I was trying to help those people get closer to the sound of your voice.
00:58:20I had no idea they would open the roof and disrupt your teaching.
00:58:24I'm truly...
00:58:25So you regret that a paralytic is enjoying his first full day on his own feet, huh?
00:58:31No.
00:58:32Just that I caused the scene and cut short your teaching.
00:58:35Who's to say it was cut short?
00:58:37With their faith, they would have found a way whether you brought them to the roof or not.
00:58:42There's more.
00:58:44When we were leaving, a Pharisee stopped me and asked for a private meeting with you.
00:58:48I told him I would ask.
00:58:49A Pharisee?
00:58:52Do you know this man?
00:58:53He visited me before.
00:58:56A Pharisee in the Red Quarter.
00:58:59Rome sent him.
00:59:01I doubt he wanted to be there.
00:59:03No, I wouldn't think so.
00:59:05I saw him again after I was better, and he wanted to know how I was healed.
00:59:11Of course, I didn't tell him who you were, but he seemed...
00:59:17What?
00:59:19Ernest.
00:59:20He wasn't offended to learn that someone else had succeeded where he had failed.
00:59:25There was a...
00:59:26There's a hunger in his eyes.
00:59:28Not fear.
00:59:30Not like the Pharisees at the window yesterday, huh?
00:59:34I am sorry to have brought all this on me.
00:59:36No, no.
00:59:38There was a reason you met this Pharisee.
00:59:41Nicodemus.
00:59:43Nicodemus, of course.
00:59:46I've heard of him.
00:59:47Oh, I don't know who is known and who is not.
00:59:49This is all new to me.
00:59:51Don't worry about which men others think are important.
00:59:55Send word to Nicodemus.
00:59:57I will meet with him.
00:59:58Little James will know the location.
01:00:00Thank you, Mary.
01:00:01Yes, teacher.
01:00:13Welcome, Nicodemus.
01:00:17Don't be alarmed.
01:00:19He's waiting for you.
01:00:41I asked the owner of this house for more lanterns.
01:00:44But he said they would draw attention.
01:00:47Yes, I imagine they would.
01:00:50The human eye is drawn to light.
01:00:53We can't help it. It just happens.
01:00:56There are many things we are drawn to without our thinking.
01:01:00Or our ability to explain why.
01:01:06Thank you for agreeing to meet.
01:01:09Thank you for trying to help Mary when you did.
01:01:11It was no help.
01:01:13You were meant to be there.
01:01:15Me?
01:01:18So I could fail miserably at an exorcism in the Red Quarter?
01:01:23If you had not been there that day,
01:01:25would you be on this roof tonight?
01:01:30I don't know where to start.
01:01:31I have so many questions.
01:01:33Shall we sit first?
01:01:35Oh, yes. Of course.
01:01:49The eastern slums.
01:01:50Hmm.
01:01:51Many wandering preachers have succeeded in gathering crowds...
01:01:56...with their rhetoric and fiery tone.
01:01:59I have heard a few of them over the years myself.
01:02:02So you know the type.
01:02:04But I have never heard anyone tell a paralytic to get up and walk.
01:02:09Much less it actually happens.
01:02:13So what is your conclusion?
01:02:16I believe...
01:02:18...you are not...
01:02:21...acting...
01:02:22...alone.
01:02:24No one can do these signs you do without having...
01:02:28...God in him.
01:02:30Only someone who has come from...
01:02:34...God.
01:02:35And how is that belief going over in the synagogue?
01:02:38Huh.
01:02:42Which is why we are here...
01:02:44...at this hour.
01:02:48What else?
01:02:51What have you come here to show us?
01:02:54A kingdom.
01:02:57That is what our rulers are worried about.
01:03:01No. Not that kind.
01:03:02Then what?
01:03:04A sort of kingdom that a person cannot see...
01:03:08...unless he is born again.
01:03:10Born...
01:03:11...again?
01:03:12Yes.
01:03:14You mean like...
01:03:16...a new creature?
01:03:18A conversion from Gentile to Jewish?
01:03:20No. No, that's not what I'm talking about.
01:03:22Then what is born again?
01:03:25I hope you don't mean return to the womb...
01:03:28...because that would be a problem for me.
01:03:29My mother, may she rest in peace...
01:03:32...is dead.
01:03:34Truly, I say to you...
01:03:38...unless one is born of water and the spirit...
01:03:41...he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
01:03:45That which is born of the flesh...
01:03:47...is flesh.
01:03:49And that which is born of the spirit...
01:03:52...is spirit.
01:03:53That part of you, that...
01:03:55...is what must be reborn to new life.
01:04:02How can these things be?
01:04:05Ah.
01:04:06A teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things, huh?
01:04:10I'm trying, Rabbi.
01:04:12I know.
01:04:13I know.
01:04:18Do you hear this?
01:04:20What?
01:04:22Listen.
01:04:25What do you hear?
01:04:27The wind.
01:04:29How do you know it's the wind?
01:04:31Because I can feel it...
01:04:33...and I hear its sound.
01:04:35Do you know where it comes from?
01:04:36No.
01:04:37Do you know where it's going?
01:04:39No.
01:04:40That's what it is, to be born again...
01:04:42...of the spirit.
01:04:44The spirit may work in a way that is a mystery to you.
01:04:47And while you cannot see the spirit...
01:04:49...you can recognize his effect.
01:04:55Mind is consumed with thoughts of...
01:04:57...what a stir these words would cause among the teachers of the law.
01:05:01Yes.
01:05:03And I do not expect otherwise.
01:05:06I speak of what I know and have seen...
01:05:09...and it has not been received by the religious leaders.
01:05:11It is hard to receive.
01:05:13So if I have told you of earthly things...
01:05:16...and you do not believe...
01:05:19...how can I tell you heavenly things?
01:05:21I believe your words.
01:05:23I just fear you may not have a chance to speak many more of them...
01:05:27...before you are silenced.
01:05:29I have come to do more than speak words, Nicodemus.
01:05:32More miracles.
01:05:34Yes.
01:05:36But even more than that...
01:05:38Do you remember when the children of Israel...
01:05:40...complained against God and against Moses...
01:05:43...in the wilderness of Paran?
01:05:45Yes.
01:05:46They wanted to return to Egypt and they cursed the manna that God sent them.
01:05:50And then?
01:05:50They were bitten by serpents...
01:05:53...and they were dying.
01:05:55But?
01:05:57God made a way for them to be healed.
01:06:00Moses lifted the bronze serpent in the desert...
01:06:04...and people only needed to look at it.
01:06:08So will the son of man be lifted up...
01:06:10...so that whoever believes in him...
01:06:13...may have eternal life.
01:06:15Our people are not dying from snake bites.
01:06:18They're dying from taxation and oppression.
01:06:20I'm sorry to disappoint you...
01:06:22...but I did not come to deliver the people from Rome.
01:06:25Then from what?
01:06:26From sin.
01:06:29From spiritual death.
01:06:34God loves the world in this way...
01:06:38...that he gave his only son...
01:06:41...that whoever believes in him shall not perish...
01:06:44...but have eternal life.
01:06:47So this has nothing to do with Rome.
01:06:51It's...
01:06:51...all about...
01:06:53...sin.
01:06:54God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, Nicodemus.
01:06:57He sent him to save it...
01:06:59...through him.
01:07:01It's as simple as Moses' serpent on the pole.
01:07:06Whoever believes in him...
01:07:08...will not be condemned.
01:07:10But whoever does not believe...
01:07:11...stands condemned already.
01:07:13Have you ever heard anything like this before?
01:07:15Shhh!
01:07:17When I met...
01:07:19...Lilith...
01:07:19...Mary...
01:07:20...that day...
01:07:24...I told my wife and my students...
01:07:27...she was beyond human aid.
01:07:30Only God...
01:07:32...could have healed her.
01:07:35And then I saw her...
01:07:38...healed.
01:07:42And here you are...
01:07:47...the healer.
01:07:52My...
01:07:53...my whole life...
01:07:55...I have...
01:07:56...wondered if I would see this day.
01:08:04Follow me.
01:08:05Follow me.
01:08:06And you'll see more.
01:08:09Follow you.
01:08:10Join me and my students.
01:08:13In two days' time...
01:08:14...we leave Capernaum.
01:08:16Come see the kingdom I am bringing into this world.
01:08:20But...
01:08:20I...
01:08:21...I...
01:08:21...I...
01:08:22...I can't...
01:08:22...you have a position in the Sanhedrin.
01:08:24You have family.
01:08:27You are getting advanced in years.
01:08:29I...
01:08:33...I understand.
01:08:36But the invitation is still open.
01:08:39The invitation to what exactly?
01:08:42To lead a nomadic life? To give up
01:08:46who I am? It's true.
01:08:50There is a lot you would give up. But what you would gain
01:08:56is far greater
01:08:58and more lasting. Is this another one of your
01:09:02born-again mysteries?
01:09:07Maybe.
01:09:10I know mysteries aren't easy for a scholar.
01:09:17Think about it.
01:09:19Take your time.
01:09:21On the morning of the fifth day, we leave and we'll meet by the well
01:09:26in the southern quarter at dawn.
01:09:33Is this...
01:09:36Is the kingdom of God
01:09:38really coming?
01:09:42What does your heart tell you?
01:09:46My heart is swollen with fear
01:09:49and wonder.
01:09:50And wonder.
01:09:52It can tell me nothing except that I have standing on holy ground.
01:10:07Holy roof anyway.
01:10:13I do hope you come with us, Nicodemus.
01:10:21You don't have to do that.
01:10:25What are you doing?
01:10:27Kiss the sun.
01:10:30Lest he be angry and you perish in the way.
01:10:32Lest he be angry and you perish in the way.
01:10:39Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
01:11:07You have not rehearsed your speech for me.
01:11:09It's nothing.
01:11:13They want to honor you for the great things you have done here.
01:11:18Give them a thrill.
01:11:20My remarks will be extemporaneous.
01:11:24You are one of those rare men who excels in both rehearsed and unrehearsed speech.
01:11:32And you are not guilty of bias, are you?
01:11:35Those are not my words.
01:11:37Kaivus said that about you at our last Shabbat dinner.
01:11:40He was just flattering.
01:11:42There is no one above the high priest but God.
01:11:45What is he to gain from you by flattery?
01:11:47Well, he has never complimented my cooking.
01:11:52Do you remember at that final dinner
01:11:54when Eliel sang to Havala?
01:11:57She was glowing.
01:11:58His voice the sweeter for the child in her womb.
01:12:03It brought tears to my eyes.
01:12:06And can you picture Moshe and Gideon?
01:12:08Their little chins resting on the table.
01:12:12When you say they are Shechail.
01:12:17That's the way Shabbat was meant to be.
01:12:20Family.
01:12:21Knit together around a table.
01:12:25My mother's gilded plates.
01:12:27Your grandmother's candlesticks.
01:12:30May she rest in peace.
01:12:34I do miss her.
01:12:36And if she could see you now.
01:12:39Receiving the highest honor ever bestowed by our order.
01:12:46She would burst with pride.
01:12:49I remember the inscription she had over the doorway of her room.
01:12:55Adonai El Roy.
01:12:57The Lord.
01:12:59The God who sees me.
01:13:01The words of Hagar.
01:13:04She always loved that Hagar was caught up in something complicated and fraught, but not of her choice.
01:13:16And yet, God saw her.
01:13:20And he knew that the path she was forced to take would not be an easy one.
01:13:29When we stumble onto hard roads, he finds us and comforts us.
01:13:35Or does he call us to them?
01:13:43Persian myrrh.
01:13:46And camphor.
01:13:48To commemorate our last day in Capernaum.
01:13:54One last day.
01:14:03Nicodemus.
01:14:06I love our life.
01:14:15As do I.
01:14:19Take me back to it.
01:14:25I change my mind.
01:14:27I will prepare my remarks.
01:14:30I will need a moment.
01:14:43Congratulations on your profound contribution, Rabbi.
01:14:46We are forever in your debt.
01:14:48Praise Adonai.
01:14:49Praise Adonai.
01:14:57The ceremony was glorious, teacher.
01:15:01Your acts of faithfulness and discernment have been duly recorded for all history.
01:15:05Thank you, Shmian.
01:15:06I am grateful for your service as well.
01:15:11I foresee you will be an important leader in our order for many years to come.
01:15:16Maybe not just here in Capernaum, Rabbi.
01:15:19Perhaps I will one day teach across Judea.
01:15:21Maybe even in Jerusalem.
01:15:23Perhaps you will, Shmian.
01:15:24It's not such a ridiculous notion, is it, Rabbi?
01:15:27I have studied under your venerated tutelage after all.
01:15:30As your reputation grows, so too do my own prospects.
01:15:35I think it is perhaps bold to assume outcomes.
01:15:41Our work is for God. He chooses where it takes us.
01:15:47You are right as always, Rabbi.
01:15:49You are right as always, Rabbi.
01:15:51But under your guidance, I have found a matter of law I am deeply passionate about.
01:15:58One that resonates with many others even as far away as Jerusalem.
01:16:01I am delighted to hear your fervour, Shmian.
01:16:04Tell me, what is it you have become so passionate about?
01:16:09False prophecy.
01:16:12When I heard the man from Nazareth tell the paralytic his sins were forgiven, I thought only God can forgive
01:16:17sins.
01:16:18At that very moment, he turned to me and recited my thoughts as if reading them from a scroll.
01:16:26I felt the same.
01:16:29Did he use divination, I wondered?
01:16:32But it's obvious.
01:16:33Of course I would think this thought.
01:16:36He called himself the Son of Man, as if from the prophet Daniel, here in the town of my order.
01:16:42It came from Nazareth, not heaven.
01:16:45To him was given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom.
01:16:49That our peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.
01:16:52He is simply a man.
01:16:54I don't understand it anymore.
01:16:56His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
01:17:04The man claimed to be God.
01:17:07And you said nothing.
01:17:11I will petition Jerusalem, requesting permission to search the archives for all matters pertaining to such false prophecy.
01:17:19Will you oppose my petition, Rabbi?
01:17:22The question on the mind of every man who reads my account will have to be, what did Nicodemus do?
01:17:28So, it's all about politics and promotion for you, isn't it?
01:17:33It's not to serve God.
01:17:35On the contrary, teacher. It's about the law.
01:17:38And the law...
01:17:40...is God.
01:17:41...is God.
01:17:43If I'm rewarded for that, it's because I learned from the very wisest.
01:17:51I will not oppose your petition.
01:17:55And, Shmuel, you have learned nothing from me.
01:18:17...is God ...
01:18:20It's he of misohn form latters.
01:18:27And there we go, Joshua?
01:18:27Feminine, I don't have enough.
01:18:27Klرب on recommends.
01:18:29Kîtnomo, you're just crying too.
01:18:30Ahhhh
01:18:34Ahhhh
01:18:38Can you hear me?
01:18:41Can you just be able to put it here?
01:18:45I see...
01:18:49My ë°© Raptors
01:18:50is like, don't forget...
01:18:51Oh no?
01:19:04There should be everyone.
01:19:06Everyone's here?
01:19:07Yes, this is all of us.
01:19:14Is there anyone else?
01:19:19Look at this.
01:19:26What is that?
01:19:27I don't know.
01:19:28Let's find out.
01:19:35Gold.
01:19:38A friend of mine left that for us.
01:19:41It's enough for two weeks of food and lodging.
01:19:50You came so close.
01:19:54What do you mean?
01:19:56We need to go for it to make it to a camp in Tiberias by nightfall.
01:20:00Simon is correct.
01:20:02Let's go.
01:20:02Let's go.
01:20:04Let's go.
01:20:08Let's go.
01:20:19Let's go.
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