Apostle Peter and the Last Supper

You know, I told him

This shelf smells like a privy.

I will treat it as such.

Captain, reporting with a new prisoner.

Signed by the emperor.

Shut your mouth.

Looks like we've caught quite a fish today.

Mystical insurrection against the empire.

You, dirty old beggar?

Sir, he's of The Way.

Martinian, is it?

Yes, sir.

What way? Say what you mean, guardsman.

He's a follower of the one they call "Jesus the Christ. "

Jesus the Christ, a religious fanatic.

Is that all we get here these days?

Name?

What is his name?

Simon Peter of Galilee.

They call him "the fisherman. "

He knew Jesus.

Enough!

Take him to the box.

Let him convert, relax.

Father,

thank you for this chance to suffer for you.

Thy will be done.

When do you think they will pass his sentence?

Do you really think he knew this Jesus?

We should question him.

Maninian, you'd rather look at some old fool than your wife?

Go home.

Calm yourself.

You'll be fine by yourself?

I think I can handle watching a door.

Right, well, I'll see you in the morning.

Is it you, Lord?

Ask your God to save us.

Are you afraid he'll deny you?

Am I to be judged silently by an assassin's blade

in the night?

No...

that face has never seen murder,

much less committed it.

I'm not supposed to give you this.

So were you a priest or a prophet?

I am a fisherman.

Lord Jesus, thank you for this food,

bless it to my body and body to your service.

Thank you for my captors.

I pray for their hearts to be open to you.

Amen.

So-

what is your price?

What?

What do you seek in payment for this forbidden meal?

Just a-just a chat, something to pass the hours.

Yeah right, it's my wife, my Novella.

She's heard about these Christians and their Way.

And your Messiah, this Jesus,

she's insatiably curious about him.

I've warned her repeatedly to be careful,

but you know women,

or perhaps you don't.

Here I am with one of the most famous Christians in my charge.

There's no harm to ask him a few questions,

for her sake.

Ask, and it shall be given to you;

seek, and ye shall find.

What, did he say that?

Your God, your Jesus?

He said, "Come to me,

"all those who are weary and heavy laden,

"and I will give you rest,

peace.

Do you want peace?

Don't get any ideas.

The gods are good enough for me.

And what of the life after this one?

Are you prepared for that?

You really think you could convert me

to living a life of persecution?

No, to living a life of hope

with an inheritance that can

never perish, spoil, nor fade.

Is that so?

Do you care to make a wager on that?

If you can convert me, I'M set you free.

That wager would not be fair for you.

Well, we will talk then,

and you will tell me of your God,

and you will meet your match, Simon Peter.

If that is your wish,

but I thought it was your wife who was interested.

Processus.

Don't think you'll get away with that easily.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Fraternizing with a prisoner.

It was merely an interrogation.

On whose orders?

My own.

I should report this.

Are we to open Pandora's Box

and report each other's transgressions,

dear Processus?

Should I report the gambling?

The women?

The missing wife?

The lightened coffers?

I was wondering when you might grow a backbone.

Why is he so important to you, anyway?

He's a famous man.

I've never met a famous man.

I'm curious.

Don't get too attached.

His sentence?

There's no reward waiting for you in the Kingdom.

My master can free you from this suffering

and provide great riches.

All you need do is deny him,

as you did before.

That was long ago!

I have been forgiven.

Do not speak to me about your temporary earthly riches.

I now have everlasting riches

beyond anything that you can provide.

Have you?

Has your Father told you that.

My master told me a secret.

Perhaps he will tell you too,

when you meet him.

That I shall die in 3 days?

Be gone, demon!

Three days, Simon Peter,

three days, and you're mine.

In the name of Jesus,

I cast you out!

Did you hear that?

A shriek in the cells? What of it?

Well, perhaps we should check.

Perhaps you should relax.

Ah, that- that's disgusting.

You'll get used to it,

the screams,

the filth.

So what do you think of the gods?

Ugh!

You are boring!

Is this what happens when you marry?

What if they're right?

What if their one God is greater than the Olympians?

So join them.

I have a cell just your size ready.

No...

No, I will not endanger my wife like that,

but still I'm troubled with what we're doing.

They say these Christians go quietly to their deaths.

Makes my job easier.

I mean, it's amazing they get any converts at all.

What could this cult possibly offer a man

for him to risk his freedom and his life?

Who cares, as long as there's coin in rounding them up?

Your heart is as black as this place.

Thank you.

I will find out more.

I didn't see a thing.

Did you really know him?

The one they call the King of the Jews?

You truly mean to hear my story, don't you?

I do.

Did he really rise from the dead?

The story begins long before that day.

I have time.

Tell me everything.

You may have time;

however, I have but 3 days left to my life.

Who told you that?

How do you know that?

If the forces that surround me frighten you,

then this is not a tale for your ears.

I want to know, I need to know.

Your one God, is he greater than all the rest?

There is only one true God.

But how do you know?

Jesus himself said,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father, but through me. "

He had power over the storms,

made the lame walk and the blind see.

He healed the lepers

and made the dead rise.

So you were friends with this Jesus?

A prophet? A living God?

What of us, if we're to put you to death?

Peace.

I will tell you of Jesus, our Lord.

First...

I knew him as a man.

Brother

Hurry, Simon!