0:00:02 > 0:00:04- Your tax is late. Take it in meat. - No, please! I'm...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09I've heard the Magi talk of a new King in Israel.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Sire, who could possibly threaten you?- It's not safe.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- What if Herod or the Romans attack our convoy?- The Magi must be there.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18You are blessed amongst women.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- You carry the son of God!- Joseph!
0:00:21 > 0:00:25- He is a good man. He will care for you and the child.- Mary!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Sweet Joseph.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13What must you think of me?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21There are things I have to tell you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24What could that be?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Things aren't what they seem.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31So you're not pregnant?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37You've stolen a melon from the market and hidden it under your dress?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- No. I am pregnant.- Then everything's exactly as it seems!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Please listen to me!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I'll go... You'll never see me again,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51but don't you even want to hear what I've got to say?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I'm not asking you to change how you feel,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57not even to understand, but just to let me explain as best I can!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59You at least owe me that.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Joseph!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I'm all right.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Go.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Who is he?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Who?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The father.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22There isn't one.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Not in the way you mean.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- What?- I haven't betrayed you.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29For God's sake, Mary, you're pregnant. I know it isn't mine!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31This isn't my doing.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33You were raped?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36No. No.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Then what?!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41A messenger came to me!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- What?- From God.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Wait...!- The messenger, he told me I would bear a son,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51that the holy spirit would enter me and give me a child.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- This is what you wanted me to listen to?- It's the truth!
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- I'm still a virgin!- You're saying that a messenger came from God and told you that you'd bear a son?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Yes.- While you were in Judah?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06No, before I left.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Before you left! You didn't think to mention it?- I tried, but I couldn't find the words!
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I was frightened and confused. And he also talked about my cousin.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17That's why I had to see her, to be sure.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20You're carrying God's son?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Or is the truth that you went to Judah, had too many glasses of wine and ended up in bed with someone?- No!
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Then you're not pious Mary everybody thinks you are,
0:03:31 > 0:03:38- that despite being betrothed, you've been whoring yourself in Judah! - Joseph, please!- Please what?!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Believe you're a virgin and are carrying God's child?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Or forgive your whoring?
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- What I told you is the truth!- So it's not enough that you betray me,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50you want me to look like a fool as well?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I haven't betrayed you.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I loved you.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I know what you think of me.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37You said this child wasn't Joseph's, was that the truth?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40- Yes.- You're sure?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- He didn't pressure you into saying this?- No.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47What I told you was the truth.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49What you have done is bad enough,
0:04:49 > 0:04:54but at least be honest about it instead of inventing this stupid story.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55It's not a story!
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Of everyone in the whole world,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I thought that you'd be the one person who would believe me.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07You've broken your mother's heart.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I know.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Will Joseph stand by you?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I can't blame him.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21He's a good man and you've humiliated him.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Then I will do this on my own.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Herod's border.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00He will expect us to seek an audience to state our business.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04But invite us to his palace, we could be there for days. Time is pressing enough as it is.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07We can't cross the border without asking Herod's leave.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10But we're here to see Balaam's star, not indulge in petty politics.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- So what do we do? - We do what we set out to do.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16We move on.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Ride!
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Sire.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46If it's news from Rome, I have no interest.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The census is costing me a fortune.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53People can't pay their taxes while they're travelling.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Magi caravan crossed the border this morning.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Have they sought an audience?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04No, sire. But their course will bring them to Jerusalem.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Without my permission?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Appears so.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Then send the army to teach them some manners.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18They hold a great influence, sire. It might not be wise to offend them.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19They offend me!
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Then perhaps I should go and meet them.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Ask them to state their business. - Then do it quickly!
0:07:26 > 0:07:30And if there's a conspiracy, I want it crushed!
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Strew their carcasses across the desert.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Sire.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44I have a sick wife, a baby, and a father to feed,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and yet they leave me with nothing!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49They will be judged by God.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51And in the meantime, I watch my family starve?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53God will provide.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56My whole life, I've heard the same thing,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00yet seen nothing to convince me that it's true.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You must believe that,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06as God's chosen people, he will come to our aid.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08But God also says...
0:08:08 > 0:08:10an eye for an eye.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12So why can't we fight back?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Because we can't fight the whole Roman empire.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Why not?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Even if there were a thousand Romans to every one of us,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24if God is really on our side, then how could we lose?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Wouldn't that be a real test of faith?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35God will show us the way. The Messiah...
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Your Messiah!
0:08:37 > 0:08:40How many Jews will be left to see him?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Whore!
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Stop it!
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- You don't belong!- Stop it!
0:09:17 > 0:09:20ALL SPEAK OVER ONE ANOTHER
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Help us! Please!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43You'll have to leave.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- At least let my mother stay. - No, you mustn't go out there!
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- This is the house of God. - They'll stone her to death!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Please let us stay here.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59This is no place for an adulteress.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- I want to leave.- But the people... They're still outside.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Then let them do as they will. - Please!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11In the name of God!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16She's my child.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22You can leave the back way.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Joseph?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44You're leaving.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I have to register for the census.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Will you come back?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51I don't know.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I have family in Bethlehem.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I have to ask you something.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I know I have no right, but I ask it anyway.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12You don't even need to ask. You and Anna have been good to me. I'll set the betrothal aside in private.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I won't see her stoned.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Thank you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Mary was attacked in the town today.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I don't know how I can protect her.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29This is none of your doing.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I bear you no ill will.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Has she told you who the father is?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Forgive me, but there's something else I need to ask of you.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Anna and I have been talking.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It's not safe for Mary to stay here,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57not any more.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Even without you making a charge against her, the mob would still see her stoned.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06And how much worse will it be...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09when the child is born?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I don't see what I can do.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- You could take her with you.- What?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Just give her safe passage to Bethlehem.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Then once we know she's safe, we can work out what to do for the best.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22If people see you leave together, it might...
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- You've no right to ask this of me! - I know.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30And I wouldn't ask if I could think of another way.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'll pay you.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I don't want your money!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39She's still my daughter!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Please.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Take care of her.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I'll make sure she gets to Bethlehem safely. Then she's on her own.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Look! Listen to this. Consider this.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Riders are coming!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- I am Nicolaus of Damascus, envoy of King Herod.- Welcome.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- He asks you to state your business. - We are Magi.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Not even Magi cross borders without paying their respects to their host.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We study the stars, they determine our destination.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22So, what should I tell the King?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24That we had manners enough to offer you
0:15:24 > 0:15:27food and drink before your journey back.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Your work must be important to bring you so far from home.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19All our work is important. There is much to learn from the stars.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Some say you can foretell the future.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Certain alignments can foretell events, but the nature of them...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28that's far from clear.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Which alignment brings you to Judaea?
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- Do you study astronomy?- I take an interest in a great many things.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37My own people, the Greeks,
0:16:37 > 0:16:43believe the conjunction of stars heralds the birth of great leaders.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Then your countrymen must be wise, indeed.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49You still haven't told me which alignment brings you here.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51There are many.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57- Are none more special, none more significant, than the others?- No.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59And yet you travel a thousand miles.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Well, we often travel far in search of clearer skies, new stars.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06The pursuit of wisdom cannot be measured in miles.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11No. Well, let us hope the Jews do not hear of your journey.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- It may give them hope.- Why?
0:17:15 > 0:17:20They have been waiting a very long time for the God of Abraham to send them a great leader.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23They call him the Messiah,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26a new king of the Jews.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30But ones so learned as yourselves must have heard of this prophecy, surely?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33We know of many prophecies.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35And yet you come to Judea.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- We simply follow the stars.- Hah.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39So you said.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44It's a strange belief, even for the Jews.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48The Messiah, born of a virgin no less.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Raised in the city of David.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55As you say, it's a strange belief,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- even for the Jews.- Indeed.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01So, what shall I tell the king of your plans?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05That we intend to return to Babylonia once we have rested.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You don't intend to enter Jerusalem?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10No.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15The king would be pleased to see you at the palace before you leave.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Thank him for his hospitality,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21but as our time here is so brief, we don't wish to inconvenience him.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27As you wish.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Should you find anything of significance,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42the King would be happy to hear of it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Of course.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- They're gone.- You kicked me! - Quiet, or I'll kick you again!
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Why did you tell him we weren't going into Jerusalem?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02I should have realised that Herod must know about the Messiah.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04He must fear him above all others.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Not being born a Jew,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10he must know that...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13the people rise around such a man.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Do you think that's it? That's what the stars foresee?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- The coming of this messiah? - Yes, I do.- You knew all along.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24That's what you were talking about, the bridge between Heaven and Earth.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27It's more than a bridge perhaps.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34There are some who believe that the Jewish messiah will be more than a man.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37That he will be God himself...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39in human form.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44And you? What do you believe?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Get the charts.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I've asked myself that question
0:19:51 > 0:19:55for every one of the thousand miles we've travelled.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Now...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02you saw Jerusalem as the centre of the alignment...
0:20:05 > 0:20:07..but, look, project the line.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11As the stars merge they will slow down, taking the alignment
0:20:11 > 0:20:14away from Jerusalem to the south and west.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Bethlehem.- David's city!
0:20:20 > 0:20:24The prophecy says that the Messiah will be born in the city of David.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27It's there we will learn our answers.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39The Magi ride a thousand miles to look at the stars.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42They seemed to be intrigued by a certain alignment, sire.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45What kind of alignment?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46They didn't say.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I won't have them in Jerusalem.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54Before we know it, the Jews will be heralding the arrival of another damned prophet.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56The subject was raised.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I knew it!
0:21:01 > 0:21:05They also seemed to be aware of the Jewish prophecy of the Messiah.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- What?- The old one knew of it.- Are you saying that's why they are here?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19No, simply that the subject was raised.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25I've been plagued by tales of this new king coming to claim my throne
0:21:25 > 0:21:28since I came to this godforsaken country!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Ignore it! No-one but the zealots believe it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Yet the Magi travel a thousand miles, for what?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37They assured me they were leaving.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I want them watched.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Every step they take.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I want to know where they go,
0:21:50 > 0:21:51who they see!
0:21:52 > 0:21:55If they do seek this new king...
0:21:57 > 0:21:59..let them lead us to him.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03That I may cut his throat myself.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Herod's soldiers are watching the camp.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- They're waiting for us to leave. - And if we don't?- Then he will...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54He will know that we have lied.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Even if he lets us move further into the kingdom, he will watch us
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- every step of the way, all the way to Bethlehem!- Then we must go back.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08To die in my bed...
0:23:08 > 0:23:12knowing I was this close to witnessing the day the world changed forever?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Herod is a butcher.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18If he knew the truth, that the one thing he fears is about to happen,
0:23:18 > 0:23:24- he would send his army into Bethlehem.- We can't go back, not when we've come this far.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25We have no choice!
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Joseph!
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Blessed are You, HaShem, our God,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09King of the Universe...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13..by whose word everything comes to be.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Help us, your humble servants,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18wait patiently in the coming of the Messiah.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Look! They're going back.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Are you sure this is wise?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50We won't have any guards.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I'll lend you a sword.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Melchior will see what he's come to see if I have to carry him to Bethlehem on my back.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Let's go. May they watch the lights.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Bethlehem.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24It's beautiful.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26We'll make camp for tonight,
0:25:26 > 0:25:27carry on tomorrow.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- No!- Joseph?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Are you all right? - It was just a bad dream.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41You should drink.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Do you want to tell me about your dream?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Was it about me?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01There was a man sent to defend you.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06He said you were carrying the light of the world inside you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10A light that will shine for a thousand years.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Did you believe him?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19My mind was telling me what I wanted to hear. Nothing more.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23And yet I can feel it,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- the light inside me. - We'll be in Bethlehem tomorrow.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I'll find you somewhere to stay.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39My defender in your dream...
0:27:41 > 0:27:43..his name was Gabriel...
0:27:45 > 0:27:50..and when he spoke there was such a warmth, such a feeling of love.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54As though you were in the presence of God himself.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57He told you I was carrying the Messiah.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Are you ready?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46How did you know?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- My dream.- I just knew.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- The things he said? - Are the things he told me.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Sweet Joseph, I know you don't believe me...
0:29:00 > 0:29:02..and I can't blame you for that, but...
0:29:04 > 0:29:08..I will tell you once more, I never lied to you.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I never betrayed you...ever.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- I wish...- You wish what?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18That I had enough faith to believe you.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22When it happened, I felt everything you feel now.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27You think it didn't sound as unimaginable to me as it does to you?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34I was scared of something
0:29:34 > 0:29:35I didn't understand.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38I thought I was going mad.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41How could a virgin bear a child?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Then, when I let go, when I stopped...
0:29:48 > 0:29:50..I accepted what had happened to me...
0:29:52 > 0:29:59..and realised that, to believe in God, yet not believe when he showed himself to me, was...
0:29:59 > 0:30:01the most foolish thing of all.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I want to believe.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Then let me help you.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Take my hand.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Hold it and feel the love inside me.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Hold it and you'll believe, I swear it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We must leave if we're to get to Bethlehem before nightfall.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- How much further?- A day's ride west.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01I've got sand everywhere.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Please tell me you're not going to moan all the way to Bethlehem.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08It was all that lying down in the sand last night.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10It's inside my clothes.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Well, Herod's Palace is about two hours that way.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17I'm sure he could run you a hot bath.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I'm sorry you don't believe me.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55If I have to do this alone, then so be it.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Can you help me? I'm looking for Rachel, daughter of Joab.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Rachel? She and her husband Lamech live on the edge of town.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Thank you.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Rachel is my cousin, she'll help us.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32The taxes are ready for you.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Alms! >
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Alms, please. >
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Rachel!
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Joseph!
0:34:00 > 0:34:06- Oh, we've been waiting for you since they announced the census. - Good. Then you'll have bought
0:34:06 > 0:34:11- plenty of fresh food and wine! - Enough even for your appetite! - Let's put it to the test.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17- Joseph, no.- What?- It's her, isn't it? Joseph, what is she doing here?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19We just need a place to stay
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- until we find somewhere else. - Are you mad? We know what she did to you!
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- How could you bring her here? - Rachel...
0:34:25 > 0:34:28She's not welcome. She'll bring shame on my house.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- It's all right, Joseph, you stay. - No! I'm family.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34But she isn't, and I won't have a whore under my roof.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- I've got children inside. - She's pregnant! I can't just leave her on her own.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- What is wrong with you? She's carrying another man's child! - We stay together.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Then I'm sorry, there's no room for you here.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52And as long as you're with her, no-one else in the family will take you in either.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- So this is my welcome home? - You come back without her
0:34:56 > 0:34:58and you'll have a proper welcome.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- I've brought shame on you.- No. - I can go back into town, try and find lodgings.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It'll be dark soon.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15I promised your father I'd make sure you were safe. I won't break my word.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Do you have a room?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35No. Not for her.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Please, we're looking for a room.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52No.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59- It seems the word has spread. - It's only me who's not welcome. You go and be with your family.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I'll make sure you're safe first, for your father's sake.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Guard it well.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Please, we're looking for a room.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34No.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41It's getting dark, we'll have to head back into town, see if there's lodgings there.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Go!
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Go! Before I change my mind!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Thomas?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Oh, Thomas.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27We need money...
0:38:29 > 0:38:31..and I wanted to hurt them...
0:38:32 > 0:38:37- ..just as they've hurt us.- How?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40By you leaving me without a husband,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42our child without a father?
0:38:42 > 0:38:43To prove what?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46How many will you kill, Thomas?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Two? Three? A dozen?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Then what, a dozen more?
0:38:52 > 0:38:57It doesn't matter now because all I've proved is I'm a coward.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01You are not a coward. You are a good, good man.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I married a shepherd, Thomas, not a soldier.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08So we just let them do whatever they want?
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- We let them take everything that we own?- Not everything.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17My most treasured possessions are all under this roof.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20If I lose you, then what?
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Our son grows up to avenge you, and then I lose him too?
0:39:24 > 0:39:25I can't do nothing!
0:39:25 > 0:39:28No, you can't.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31You have sheep to tend and a family to feed.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34I'm still weak from the birth.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Your father is old.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Who will take care of us if you are not here?
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- I hate them!- I know.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49But the question is, do you hate them more than you love me?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55One man cannot change the world.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09There's an inn, I'll try there.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13There's your friends, you catch them up.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Sir?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- This is no place for you.- My wife needs to rest.- Well, not here,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23unless you'd have your pregnant wife mauled by drunken Roman pigs.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- Don't you have a room?- I have money! - There's nothing for you here!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Joseph!
0:40:34 > 0:40:35Something's happening.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05One of Herod's soldiers was attacked in the town.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12They say the man who did it smelt like a shepherd.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19But as I told them when they came,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21you were in the top field all day.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Believe it or not, I was a young man once, just as angry as you are now.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32And on a night like this, more years ago than I care to remember...
0:41:34 > 0:41:37..and like all young men forced to bend to the will of others...
0:41:39 > 0:41:43..I too had to choose between God and a sword.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I don't know who God is any more.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- I don't know what to do. - What's happening? What are you feeling?- I don't know.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- Is it coming?- I think so.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- You think so?- I don't know how you tell.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47MARY SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Wait here. - Joseph, please don't leave me!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56I'll be as quick as I can.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Please, it's my wife, she's having a baby! We need help, please!
0:43:12 > 0:43:15It's my wife, she's having a baby, please! Somebody, please!
0:43:18 > 0:43:24Please! It's my wife, she's having a baby. Help me. Please. Help me!
0:43:27 > 0:43:29My wife is having a baby! Please!
0:43:34 > 0:43:37There it is, the city of David!
0:43:40 > 0:43:41Look!
0:43:45 > 0:43:47SHE GROANS
0:43:53 > 0:43:55She's about to drop!
0:43:57 > 0:44:02- What do you need?- You could start by getting her up off this filthy floor. Make her a bed!
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Come on.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09And water!
0:44:15 > 0:44:17MARY SCREAMS
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Water. What else can I do?
0:44:26 > 0:44:28You could hold her hand.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43MARY SCREAMS IN AGONY
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Don't be afraid.
0:46:33 > 0:46:39I bring you news of great joy that you must share with all your people.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Go into Bethlehem,
0:46:42 > 0:46:45where you will find the Saviour.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48The Messiah has come.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53The word has been made flesh as promised to you by God himself.
0:46:53 > 0:47:00Go...and worship the lamb of God.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09You will not find him dressed as a king
0:47:09 > 0:47:14but wrapped in a simple cloth, laying in a manger behind the inn.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20Because he comes not for kings,
0:47:20 > 0:47:23nor for those that would have you do their will.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28He is here...
0:47:28 > 0:47:30for just such as you.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29You must push.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34Bear down, child.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- Push.- I can't!
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Push!
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Almost there. Push!
0:49:12 > 0:49:15SHE SCREAMS
0:49:32 > 0:49:33Where do we go?
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Push!
0:49:46 > 0:49:48BABY CRIES
0:50:24 > 0:50:25Have you thought of a name?
0:50:27 > 0:50:30His name is Jesus.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32He is the light of the world.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Yes, he is.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40- I'll leave you be.- Thank you.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54He's so perfect.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07"Every step you take for the rest of your life,
0:51:07 > 0:51:08"I'll be right there next to you."
0:51:11 > 0:51:14It's what you said to me a very long time ago
0:51:14 > 0:51:16and now I know it to be true.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20DOOR OPENS
0:51:21 > 0:51:25- What do you want?- We saw an angel.
0:51:25 > 0:51:26He told us to come.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30He said that we would find the Messiah.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Let them come.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Please.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Is it true?
0:52:07 > 0:52:08It's true.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48This must be it.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39- No wish to harm you.- Who are you?
0:53:41 > 0:53:44We are magi, from the east.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49It's a boy?
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Do you know what your son will become?
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Yes. He is sent from God.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Oh, he's more than that.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04We saw his arrival
0:54:04 > 0:54:06in the stars
0:54:06 > 0:54:11and have travelled a thousand miles to worship him.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Welcome.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Some place for a king to be born!
0:54:25 > 0:54:27It was all we could find.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Gaspar.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39We bring gold for a king.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49Myrrh, more precious than gold,
0:54:49 > 0:54:51to anoint him.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59And frankincense...
0:55:01 > 0:55:06..to announce the arrival of God himself amongst us.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13Please.
0:55:15 > 0:55:20You must keep him safe, until he is ready.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23- There are many who would see him harmed.- No harm will come to him.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36The angel...
0:55:37 > 0:55:40He said that he has come for such as us.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Yes, he has.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52The word is made flesh.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55Behold the lamb of God...
0:55:56 > 0:55:59..here to take away the sins of the world.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24Blessed are the merciful,
0:56:24 > 0:56:27for they shall obtain mercy.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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