edition of hannity. we continue with roma downey and mark burnett. i watched this movie with a number of people. there wasn t a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i think that people are just really touched by the story. it s deeply moving, and i think it s one of the beautiful things about being able to watch it collectively, in a cinematic experience, that, you know, there s something about experiencing the story and community and feeling the overwhelming love. you know, it plays out like a thriller. it s a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate and the disciples led by jesus. they re all on this collision path in jerusalem at passover which creates this ticking clock. it s highly charged and very
when people come to him and say he is taking the money we were gathering for the temple and you have used it to build an aqueduct. and he said really, did rome give you water or did man give you water. and the crown, render unto caesar, and the answer for me, everything is god and caesar has nothing. but they always tried to trick him and that happened every time. so much so that pilate kept telling nicodemus, he made a fool of you. he was so curious to find out about jesus. john 3: 16. all right, we ll take a break, we have a great studio audience here, when we come back my feet felt so heavy at the end of thday. they used to get really tired. until i started gellin . i got dr. scholl s massaging gel insoles.
and ministers and power-hungry people. it seems like it is not very different in spite of maybe the advancement and technology and everything else. a lot of things remain the same. especially in that scene where pilate meets jesus for the first time. there is a whole scene about when pilate asks jesus, what is truth? you know that pilate knew he was innocent. you knew that he knew the truth, but for political expediency, he was basically willing to condemn the man because it suited his political purpose. that still happens today. and you had the scribes, the leaders, they wanted him out of the way because he was a threat to their power. isn t that what is going on today? absolutely, humans haven t changed much today. we added a scene in there to show the ruthlessness of pilate
and mark burnett, son of god is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate, and the temple authorities, and the disciples led by jesus. and they re all on this collision path to jerusalem, a path on this collision course. it is highly dramatic and then woven through it.
and mark burnett, son of god is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate, and the temple authorities, and the disciples led by jesus. and they re all on this collision path to jerusalem, a path on this collision course. it is highly dramatic and then woven through it.