Joseph of Nazareth

JOSEPH OF NAZARETH

Joseph! The King's coming.

We want justice.

Herod's Eagle. In the temple of God!

Idolatry! Blasphemy!

He pays us, so he thinks he owns us!

Slave of the Roman pagan!

Let's go!

Come on!

No!

Fighting will lead us nowhere! Herod's in our power!

He's in God's power!

You stain the temple with bloodshed and pave the way your father died?!

He's dead. Herod is dead.

Father! Father! Father!

Get me out of here!

Herod is still king.

Take them away and executed them!

O Lord, make your peace come to dwell upon us.

Joseph. Joachim?

Ann! Joseph! Son of Bethlehem, and prince of David's line!

Joseph, my old friend.

Old past, Joachim. A prince no more.

You've been gone from Nazareth so long

So many years, Ann. A lifetime.

You remember her, our little Mary. Mary?

When I saw you last, you were so high.

When you were my child Joseph carried you in his shoulders in Bethlehem.

These are your nephews Yes.

Josiah, Simon and Judas.

Sons of David. You've done well by them.

They learned their trade.

Where better than the temple

Get your hands off me.

Who may this? Me.

An invisible join.

Well done.

Your name? Joseph.

Joseph of Nazareth.

Are you from Galilee. The land of rebels.

I will have work for you soon, Joseph of Nazareth.

Gaze of my work, Israel, and give thanks

Herod, in his mercy, will leave you his sons to rule over you.

When I'm gather to my father, Judea, shall pass to my first born, Antipas.

Galilee, to my beloved Aristobulus. And outer Syria, to knight Alexander.

Herod seed shall live forever!

Open the doors!

Nazareth. We are home.

Martha. Judah.

You're back.

Now we'd finally will be betroth.

You can't grieve forever, my friend. No.

I was just thinking.

10 years is long enough to mourn. You must live, my friend.

Your nephews are grown men now.

When you gave you shelter in Nazareth, we thought, sooner or later, you'll make your own family here.

I always believed I'd be a father, have sons, but ... I came so close.

Excessive sorrow is a sin. Any woman in Nazareth would be proud to have you.

With hands like these ... at my age.

Don't you have a dance, Mary?

I used to, when I was a girl.

Was?

Would you dance for us now? Well?

I mean, for the bride and groom.

No. No?

Not even for the Lord our God?

Joseph, I must see Mary married, before the Lord takes me.

Romans uncle Joseph! Romans! I've seen them! The're coming!

How many? Where?

A lot, heading South from Syria.

They're camping out on the valley.

Romans, in Israel? So much for Herod "the protector"?

Friends! Listen!

Prepare provisions from every house. Do not wait to be asked.

I'll go to meet them. We're coming with you.

Joses, Simon, stay here. It's dangerous.

You can't go alone. Obey me!

Wait! What do you want?

It takes courage to come here. What do you want?

We have food in our village.

We're peaceful, law-abiding people. We'll give you everything you need.

Joseph is not with them. If they hurth him...

Quickly! The Romans are coming, hurry!

They're coming! Quickly!

Martha.

Martha.

No!

Martha.

Don't tempt the Lord. I accuse them.

The men have been punished. And what use is that to her?

Martha is still with us, and so is Judas.

But she's deshonored.

Still needs you now, Judas. You still love her, don't you?

You must marry her now.

And what if she's pregnant? How can I face my friends?

Then what sort of friends are they?

Every child is a child of God.

We are of David's line, the blood of Kings. We're princes, made to fight.

Come on brother! The Messiah won't come to a nation of cowards.

And your father died for his presumption along with your mother, and mine betroth.

And half of Bethlehem.

Better die as men than to die of shame. Come!

Stay here! Why should wait?

Stay here! I order you to.

No, Joseph. We've always obeyed you as a father, but now ...

Now?

We must think of rebuilding our homes, our lives.

We need you. I need you.

They've gone. I'm no longer like a father to them.

Perhaps I never was.

Judas. What happened?

Judas. Forgive me, Joseph.

I disobeyed you. Judas, no!

Where is our God when we need Him? How long is the annointed one comes to free us?

Don't blame the Lord!

Fools.

Look what you've done!

Your brother is dead.

We had to do it.

We killed them. Justice has been done.

Your revenge will destroy us.

Didn't you think what they'd do to us now?

Warn the village. Take every man. Retreat to the hills.

We have a war to fight, and win.

Only the Lord knows, when we'd meet again.

Come! Come Mary, this way. This way.

Your nephews are not with them. No.

They must be miles away by now.

Martha!

Why?

Why all this pain?

Listen, Mary! If the Lord would help us, He will send us someone.

As He's always promised.

Joachim? Father!

No. Joachim!

What is it?

Joseph, Mary needs you, now.

She will be looked after. Marry her.

No. But Joachim, Mary deserves ...

Deserves no better man.

Younger, Joachim. Younger.

Look at me. No.

She needs a rock, she needs a man ...

... like you.

I will marry her only if she agrees.

Our Mary will give you ... Father?

... a prophet.

They trow, for a year

Bount together by solemn contract For you can marry and live together as man and wife.

I'm not afraid.

Me? Blessed?

I am the hand made of the Lord.

Let it be as you said.

I'm looking for Joseph, the carpenter. Have you seen him?

Mary?

Joseph the carpenter? Yes.

Mary.

You must come with us. By order of King Herod.

No! Mary. Mary!

Joseph? Mary.

Joseph? Mary.

They're taking him to Jerusalem. Why?

The master carpenter is here at last.

Your work on the Temple doors is admirable. Come!

But now I expect something even better.

You'll work here while I can watch you from my rooms.

Do you believe in Hades "Sheol"?

The above of the death. We're nearly there.

My Mausoleum. No pyramid was ever safer.

You will build my sarcophagus.

Mary, stop tormenting yourself like this.

I wish I would be with him. But you aren't.

Try not to think about it.

I'll go to Elizabeth. She'll be needing help now.

She will. And it I'd do you good.

A baby always brings a such joy.

Elizabeth. Mary!

Is something wrong?

As soon as I had the sound of your voice, my son leapt for joy

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

But why, has the mother of my Lord come to me?

How did you know?

You are blessed Mary, for you believed in what was spoken to you, by the Lord.

The Lord has done great things.

Missing home?

Me too.

But look the stars that we see here, at the same day see at home?

The same mine betroth sees in Nazareth.

Look! There's one up there. It's moving!

Coming to waters!

She as brightest than a new star

and is far from me now.

My soul, shall praise the Lord.

My spirit, shall rejoice in God my savior.

I must trust in the Lord. I can do no more.

For He has raised me from a Holy State, and from now,

All generations shall call me blessed.

His mercy is on those who fear him.

He will throw down the mighty, and raise up the humble.

Every night, a little closer to Judea. What does the star signify?