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Starting with the return from Egypt, explore Jesus's home and scholarly training and His visit to the Temple, as well as the advent of Governor Pontius Pilate, the introduction of John the Baptist, and a vivid depiction of Jesus's baptism.
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00:11A mighty fortress is our guard, a full world never failing.
00:38After the victories of Julius and Augustus Caesar, the entire Western world was enslaved
00:43by Imperial Rome, from the British Isles to the lands beyond the Danube, from the deserts
00:49of Africa to the borders of India. By Roman mandate, Herod the Great ruled Palestine.
00:56His tyrannies drove thousands of desperate families to voluntary exile in Cyprus, Syria,
01:03and Egypt. Among them, Joseph bar Jacob Carpenter, his wife Mary and their infant son. But Egypt
01:13was only a refuge to Joseph, not his beloved homeland. And when an angel appeared to him
01:19in a dream, saying that those who would destroy the child were dead, his thoughts were constantly
01:24on the land of Israel.
01:28It's a fine bit of work. You have a hand with tools.
01:32A man should do well the thing he likes to do.
01:37Still, I'm surprised to find a craftsman of such skill in so small a village. You should
01:44go to Alexandria. I could give you references to a man there who makes fine furniture.
01:50Thank you. You're very kind. There. It's finished. And stronger than before. Thank you. And if
02:00you should change your mind about going to the city. When I leave here, it shall be to return
02:04to my homeland. Israel?
02:08Israel. I see. I dare say a lot of Egypt's guests will be heading northward now.
02:15Well, why do you say now? King Herod is dead. Over a month ago.
02:19Are you certain? Well, beyond doubt. Caesar Augustus already has confirmed
02:24Achelaus to be Athenarch. Of Israel?
02:26No. Just Judea, Idumea, and Samaria. Thank you. Thank you for telling us. I'll send my
02:35slaves around this evening for the bench. And good fortune.
02:44We can go back now, can't we? Archelaus is Herod's son.
02:48But his power doesn't reach to Galilee. No. No. Not to Galilee. You've missed it, too.
02:54It will be good to see Nazareth again. And they returned into Galilee. And they returned
03:23to their own city, Nazareth. And the child grew. And the favor of God was upon him.
03:44Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, who hath sanctified us by thy commandments, and commanded
03:53us to kindle the Sabbath lights. May our home be consecrated, O God, by thy light.
04:11Mother?
04:12Yes, dear? What is it you touch? It is the mezuzah, my son. This is the name of the Lord
04:21Jehovah, whom we love. And all of our people who love the Lord have a mezuzah by their doors. Inside
04:30are written words of the Lord.
04:33Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
04:42thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words shall be in thine heart.
04:51And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children. And thou shalt write them upon the posts in thy house.
05:03The mezuzah.
05:05The mezuzah reminds us that God is always with us. In our home, and outside it, too.
05:12And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song until they were
05:20ended.
05:21Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak, and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
05:30My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the
05:39tender herb, and the showers upon the grass.
05:43Because I will publish the name of the Lord. Ascribe me greatness unto our God.
05:51He is the rock. His work is perfect. For all his ways are judgment. A God of truth, and without
06:00iniquity. Just and right is he.
06:05You may pass the study scrolls, my sons.
06:13As you know, there will be no school tomorrow. Or until after the week of the Passover feast.
06:21During that time, think well upon all you have learned. Especially those of you who will travel to the great
06:29temple for your bar mitzvah.
06:32When you are questioned by the scribes at the great temple, do not be afraid. You have learned, and you
06:40have learned well.
06:41I know you will be a credit to Nazareth. My prayers will be with you.
06:49May the Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other.
07:02And his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
07:06And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.
07:11And when the feast was ended, they started upon their return journey.
07:15And toward the end of the first day, they came to the place where the others from Nazareth had chosen
07:21to rest for the night.
07:28This looks like a good spot.
07:30I don't see him anywhere.
07:32Oh, he's likely waiting in the brook with the other boys.
07:35It's not like him to be gone all day.
07:38It's like all boys on the way home from their bar mitzvah.
07:41Why, I remember the trip home from mine.
07:44My parents caught hardly a glimpse of me until they reached the front door of their home.
07:48Now, don't you worry. As soon as I've tethered friend Goliath, I'll go look for the boy.
07:53No, sir. We haven't seen him since we left Jerusalem.
07:57Are you certain?
07:57Yes, sir. We thought he was with you.
08:00We'll return to the city.
08:02If he comes back while we're gone, tell him to wait here.
08:13And they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.
08:22And they found him in the temple among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
08:33And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
08:39My son, my son.
08:43Why have you treated us so?
08:45Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.
08:48How is it that you have sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my father's house?
08:56And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them.
09:05And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
09:08And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.
09:20The years passed on. In far away Rome, the emperor Augustus died and Tiberius assumed the title of Caesar.
09:29Archelaus was deposed and replaced by his brother Herod Antipas.
09:33Then in the 15th year of Tiberius' reign, a new governor was sent to Caesarea, capital city of the Palestinian
09:40territory.
09:41Hear ye, hear ye, to all the subjects of Palestine, citizens, free men and slaves.
09:50By order of his excellency Tiberius Claudius Nero, Caesar of the imperial empire,
09:56his honored governor of the lands of Judea, Samaria, Sinai and Philistia, Valerius Greatus, has been recalled to other duties.
10:07By order of his excellency Tiberius Claudius Nero, Caesar of the imperial empire, the new governor, procurator in command, as
10:16of this day, shall be the honorable Pontius Pilate.
10:22Hear and obey!
10:29And here is the most valuable item in the treasury.
10:33Jewels?
10:35Rare jewels.
10:39The only ones of their kind.
10:44Records of our private agreements with those of the conquered who have found it profitable to collaborate with us,
10:49either secretly or openly.
10:51Oh.
10:53The traitors bribe-less.
10:55No.
10:55A bit more.
10:57In addition to the separate agreements, I've added a note on each man.
11:02Whether he can be trusted and how far.
11:05What pressures can be used to keep each one in line.
11:08Word-for-word transcripts of every verbal amendment taken down by hidden scribes so the bribe-takers have no idea
11:14their promises are a matter of record.
11:18I know.
11:20When Anna's Rufus opened that casket for me, I thought it was a waste of effort, too.
11:23But we're not dealing with Gauls or Celts or Carthaginians here.
11:27We're forced to deal with Asiatics, men with oriental minds, men who scheme and twist and maneuver until black seems
11:36white and your simplest statement becomes a grant of power.
11:41I assume your orders are the same as mine have been.
11:44Increase the grain shipments, collect the taxes, and keep the peace over a province of 500,000 square stadia with
11:52one undermanned legion.
11:55I've been promised fresh troops to bring the legion up to strength.
11:59Five legions couldn't keep the peace here, no, nor ten, without the help these scrolls represent.
12:05The Sheikh Albuquer, the Tetrarch Herod Antipas, the High Priest Caiaphas, jackals, skulking the Roman lion for his legion.
12:17Ah, but scavengers, we've chosen to be kings of all the jackals so the lion may gorge in peace.
12:24I suggest we read through them together.
12:26I guarantee you, it'll be time well spent.
12:31Concessions on their religious taxes, concessions on their laws, concessions on what they call graven images.
12:37Oh, you'd have thought we were the vanquished and they were the conquerors.
12:40Don't paw me. Get up. Go.
12:48Promises, amendments, revisions.
12:50I thought we'd be unrolling scrolls all night.
12:53It won't be so bad after you get used to it, six months from now.
12:57I'll never get used to mealy-mouthed haggling and I don't intend to.
13:01I'll have a talk with this Caiaphas when we get to Jerusalem.
13:04With his beard in your hand and your sword at his throat.
13:08That's a very persuasive argument.
13:10For a centurion subjecting a village but hardly befitting for the governor of a province.
13:16You married a soldier.
13:19Can't expect him to turn statesman overnight.
13:23Tiberius told you this post required a diplomat as well as a soldier.
13:27It was diplomats who made the mess.
13:30At least you can give diplomacy a chance.
13:33Diplomacy is a fancy scabbard.
13:36Useless without a sword.
13:37But without the protection of the scabbard the sword can dull and rust.
13:42Not if it's kept in use.
13:45These jackals obeyed the moon so long they believe it rises and sets at their own command.
13:50Well, I'll soon put an end to that.
13:51I'll teach them who their master really is.
13:57But three days journey to the east, the people of Israel were already gathering to hear a man tell of
14:03a higher power than Pilate or of Rome itself.
14:06An intense man come from the wilderness to the banks of the Jordan.
14:10A man fearing neither Tiberius nor Herod.
14:14But with the courage to proclaim.
14:16There is but one authority.
14:19And that is Jehovah, the almighty God.
14:23Give witness to him.
14:25Repent your sins.
14:27The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
14:31It was written by the prophets.
14:34Prepare the way of the Lord.
14:36Make his path straight.
14:38Now I say to you the day of the coming is close upon you.
14:43Woe unto those who are unprepared.
14:47Let each man look into his own heart.
14:50Consult his soul and find his own answer.
14:52Hear this warning.
14:55You who are proud in your robes of self-righteousness.
15:00Take heed those who are arrogant with the strength and carelessness of youth.
15:05Think carefully.
15:08You who are devout in semblance only, but sinful within your hearts.
15:14The day is coming when you will stand alone before his judgment.
15:22On that day there will be neither slave nor master.
15:26Neither subject nor king.
15:29In his eyes there will be only the worthy and the unworthy.
15:35Hear me children of Israel.
15:38The time is short and the wickedness of our land is great.
15:41The seven deadly sins rage through Palestine like a plague.
15:45From the humblest hut to the greatest palaces.
15:48I even in the halls of the mighty there is no light.
15:53Do you dare to speak against the tetrarch?
15:56I speak against sin.
15:58Be it Herod or any man's.
16:01Not yet.
16:06But even if a man has sinned as grievously as Herod, or flaunted an evil life, as has this woman
16:14he calls a wife, there is still time to repent.
16:20To be cleansed by the waters of baptism.
16:26When the new governor came up to Jerusalem, he was a guest at the palace of Herod Antipas.
16:33Don't say to him, you're gonna have dangerous to her haze.
16:41Don't say to him, you think you gotta ignore it.
16:44Don't say to him, can nur who hessa Quinn, but can rape her.
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17:05My apologies, Excellency, if I intrude upon a private meditation.
17:09No, I'm no soul-searching philosopher.
17:13I came out for fresh air, not inspiration.
17:16I'm not accustomed to the strength of your native wines.
17:20One of the few passable products of this miserable land.
17:24Wine, dates, and taxes.
17:27That's about all Israel has that's worth the taking.
17:30Strange.
17:32That her people love her so much, and her king so little.
17:37Her people don't know better.
17:40They haven't traveled.
17:42I was raised and educated in Rome.
17:45After a man has lived at the very hop of the world,
17:48savored the pleasures to be had there.
17:51Believe me, Excellency, I am as much a Roman at heart as you are.
17:56Indeed.
18:05Being loyal to the Empire, knowing the problems here as I do.
18:10It's been bitter experience to me to see previous governors taken in by grasping and greedy men like Annas and
18:16Caiaphas.
18:17Men with only their own interests at heart, not Rome's.
18:21As a matter of fact, I have written several long letters to Tiberius.
18:26Perhaps he discussed them with you.
18:28He mentioned them.
18:30Ah.
18:33Your background, Excellency, has been that of a soldier.
18:36I've always found soldiers to be practical men.
18:41Shall we be practical?
18:44By all means.
18:45Good.
18:48Your instructions are to increase the taxes, correct?
18:53No.
18:54I haven't set spies on you.
18:56I know, Tiberius.
18:59Unfortunately, the Jewish religion does not permit its people to work upon the Sabbath.
19:05That leaves only six days of the week for labor.
19:09It takes all the produce of one for a peasant to feed his family and himself,
19:13of another for the rent of his land,
19:16of two more to pay his taxes to Rome,
19:20and all he can earn on the rest
19:23to meet the temple ties demanded by Caiaphas.
19:28So, unless your Excellency can find a way to add another day to the week...
19:34You're recommending that I order Caiaphas to lower the temple ties?
19:38Only so much water can be poured from a bucket.
19:41If more goes to the cow, the donkey must get less.
19:47When my father ruled all Palestine for Rome,
19:51there was plenty for Caesar and sufficient for the Herodian house.
19:55Now these upstarts get rich.
19:58Mere tools of men who are not even Romans or of royal blood,
20:03whilst Tiberius is denied his due,
20:06and my income is a mere fraction of my father's.
20:11There is only one thing to do,
20:13a very simple thing.
20:16To depose Caiaphas?
20:18Of course.
20:19To confiscate his fortune in Caesar's name,
20:22to force his successor to cut the temple ties to the bone,
20:26and give my backing to the Herodian line.
20:30I am at your command, Your Excellency.
20:39Such a splendid plan.
20:41It's a pity it won't work.
20:43Oh, but it will.
20:45Why...
20:45Just because of one thing.
20:47You.
20:50Your Excellency...
20:51You were half the man your father was, but you're not.
20:55You're a sot, Herod Antipas.
20:58A lecher, a liar, and a fool.
21:02You had a country at your feet,
21:03and the Roman Empire at your back,
21:04and you threw it away.
21:06You married a sheikh's daughter to appease your Arab subjects,
21:09and cast her out and alienated them forever.
21:12And then, to make a bad mess worse,
21:14you took your brother's wife in violation to the Jewish codes,
21:17and turned the rest of your people against her.
21:19Mistakes, I admit it.
21:21But every man makes a few mistakes.
21:24But only a fool would compound them,
21:26and I've no time for fools.
21:28Give me another chance, Your Excellency.
21:30That's all I ask.
21:31While your subjects jeer at you openly,
21:34and self-styled prophets shout your shame.
21:36Oh, fat man!
21:40He's mad, demented.
21:43He'll be forgotten in a week.
21:44Gone to the hills.
21:48It might be disastrous to take action against him now,
21:52while the people still believe in him.
21:55She's a mere nothing.
21:57A mosquito, a gadfly.
22:00He won't be heard of in more than one province.
22:03But about this other matter,
22:04and show me that you can rule a province.
22:07Then ask me to let you reign over the kingdom.
22:17But the voice of John was not still.
22:20Instead, his message spread through all the lands of Palestine.
22:24There are no maybes in what he says, not him.
22:27Repent, come to baptism, or be lost forever.
22:30No matter what you are, king, scribe, or common man,
22:33it's one thing or the other, and right away.
22:36You should have seen him face up to a bunch of Pharisees there.
22:39Brood of vipers, he called them.
22:41Bear fruits befitting repentance, he told them.
22:44Don't just go around saying, Abraham is our father.
22:47God can raise children from stones.
22:50You should have heard the crowd there,
22:52moaning some of them, dropping to their knees and praying,
22:55streaming toward him right out into the river.
22:58And then he looked at all of us,
23:00but it seemed like he was looking right at me.
23:03I...
23:05I went over to him,
23:06and he baptized me.
23:09And maybe a hundred others, too.
23:12And then he began to talk to all of us again.
23:16I will baptize you with water, he said.
23:20But he who is mightier than I is coming.
23:24The thongs of whose sandals I am not fit to untie.
23:29He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit,
23:32and with fire.
23:41Here.
23:42This work is done.
23:43And well done, my friend.
23:46If you get a chance,
23:47you should go hear this fellow John the Baptist.
23:49I will.
24:15my son.
24:19Will you be gone for long?
24:23It will be as the Lord wishes.
24:30Open the ears of thy children, O Lord.
24:33Open their hearts to repentance.
24:36Hear their confessions as they come forward.
24:39and grant them redemption from thy wrath.
24:45Give them the gift
24:47of thy forgiveness.
24:52Thou who art all-powerful,
24:55all-knowing,
24:57almighty.
25:04Come.
25:08Step forward in the name of the Lord thy God.
25:12Come.
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25:34they look forward to the ark of Extremadura.
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26:07I need to be baptized by you.
26:10Why do you come to me?
26:14Let it be so now, unless it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.
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