does your majesty value truth? for there is.harsh truth in your dream. i will hear it. to step beyond these walls is to know king herod is despised. the zealots denounce you as a puppet, enthroned by the roman emperor against the will of the jewish people. zealots cannot enter my father s dreams. unless endowed by sorcery. sorcery. you did not see isaiah. you saw a specter, a figment. figment. the creation of a sorcerer s skill. but through prayer, it can be vanquished. you are a warrior king.
[ animals bleating ] on this day, give no thought to what you do. by king herod s order, the male babies, all of them! you seven this way, the rest with me. in there. [ gasps ] you two there. no! no, no! is it a boy? it s a girl! show me. please. no. [ women screaming ] where are your children? no, no. ohh! aah! [ crying ] aah! no, no! [ screams ]
this throne as king, with you by my side. greetings. the wheel of my cart has broken on my way home. i m a trader from jerusalem. please, can you help me? jerusalem. shalom. [ chuckles ] shalom. some years back, i heard of old herod s death. did his rule pass to one of his sons? no, no son of herod rules now. rome sends governors to rule. mm. [ grunts ] and there s order. the romans value that. what has become of the sons of herod? well, they remain as tetrarchs. each has limited rule over a piece of the kingdom. how is life for the jews? one gets heavily taxed, but one gets by. [ chuckles ] here in this land of
joseph? what is it? this attention, adulation of our boy. we must leave. leave? why? herod. no king allows a rival to his throne. but our home? enough. i know what i feel. you re leaving? there s danger here. where will you go? wherever herod is not. elizabeth, pack our things. we will go, as well. go on. our purpose was visiting your cousin, and now we have none. [ crying ]
of herod? each has limited rule over a piece of the kingdom. how is life for the jews? one gets heavily taxed, but one gets by. here in this land of great dogs, i dreamed that they would have the land given up by god. perhaps it is time to return. so this is the holy city of the jews. why don t they hail their new governor? i don t come seeking their love, claudia, only respect. how do they dress when they re taken to see the jewish