0:00:02 > 0:00:05- I haven't betrayed you. - Mary, you're pregnant! I loved you.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10I have a sick wife, a baby, and a father to feed, and yet the Romans leave me with nothing!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13The Magi caravan crossed the border this morning.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Strew their carcasses across the desert.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22- Is this wise?- Melchior will see what he's come to see if I have to carry him to Bethlehem on my back.
0:00:22 > 0:00:28- He said you were carrying the light of the world inside you.- Did you believe him?- It was a bad dream.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Are you ready?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49How did you know?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- My dream.- I just knew.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- The things he said?- Are the things he told me.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Sweet Joseph, I know you don't believe me...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05..and I can't blame you for that, but...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11..I will tell you once more, I never lied to you.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I never betrayed you...ever.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- I wish...- You wish what?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21That I had enough faith to believe you.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25When it happened, I felt everything you feel now.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30You think it didn't sound as unimaginable to me as it does to you?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37I was scared of something
0:01:37 > 0:01:38I didn't understand.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I thought I was going mad.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44How could a virgin bear a child?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Then, when I let go, when I stopped...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53..I accepted what had happened to me...
0:01:55 > 0:02:02..and realised that, to believe in God, yet not believe when he showed himself to me, was...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04the most foolish thing of all.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I want to believe.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Then let me help you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Take my hand.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Hold it and feel the love inside me.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Hold it and you'll believe, I swear it.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39We must leave if we're to get to Bethlehem before nightfall.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- How much further?- A day's ride west.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04I've got sand everywhere.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Please tell me you're not going to moan all the way to Bethlehem.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It was all that lying down in the sand last night.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13It's inside my clothes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Well, Herod's Palace is about two hours that way.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I'm sure he could run you a hot bath.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I'm sorry you don't believe me.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58If I have to do this alone, then so be it.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Can you help me? I'm looking for Rachel, daughter of Joab.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Rachel? She and her husband Lamech live on the edge of town.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Thank you.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Rachel is my cousin, she'll help us.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35The taxes are ready for you.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Alms! >
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Alms, please. >
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Rachel!
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Joseph!
0:06:03 > 0:06:09- Oh, we've been waiting for you since they announced the census. - Good. Then you'll have bought
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- plenty of fresh food and wine! - Enough even for your appetite! - Let's put it to the test.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Joseph, no.- What?- It's her, isn't it? Joseph, what is she doing here?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21We just need a place to stay
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- until we find somewhere else. - Are you mad? We know what she did to you!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- How could you bring her here? - Rachel...
0:06:28 > 0:06:31She's not welcome. She'll bring shame on my house.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- It's all right, Joseph, you stay. - No! I'm family.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But she isn't, and I won't have a whore under my roof.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- I've got children inside. - She's pregnant! I can't just leave her on her own.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46- What is wrong with you? She's carrying another man's child! - We stay together.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Then I'm sorry, there's no room for you here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55And as long as you're with her, no-one else in the family will take you in either.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- So this is my welcome home? - You come back without her
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and you'll have a proper welcome.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- I've brought shame on you.- No. - I can go back into town, try and find lodgings.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It'll be dark soon.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18I promised your father I'd make sure you were safe. I won't break my word.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Do you have a room?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38No. Not for her.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Please, we're looking for a room.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- It seems the word has spread. - It's only me who's not welcome. You go and be with your family.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I'll make sure you're safe first, for your father's sake.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Guard it well.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Please, we're looking for a room.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37No.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44It's getting dark, we'll have to head back into town, see if there's lodgings there.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Go!
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Go! Before I change my mind!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Thomas?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Oh, Thomas.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30We need money...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34..and I wanted to hurt them...
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- ..just as they've hurt us.- How?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43By you leaving me without a husband,
0:10:43 > 0:10:44our child without a father?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46To prove what?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49How many will you kill, Thomas?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Two? Three? A dozen?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Then what, a dozen more?
0:10:55 > 0:10:59It doesn't matter now because all I've proved is I'm a coward.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04You are not a coward. You are a good, good man.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09I married a shepherd, Thomas, not a soldier.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11So we just let them do whatever they want?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- We let them take everything that we own?- Not everything.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20My most treasured possessions are all under this roof.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23If I lose you, then what?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Our son grows up to avenge you, and then I lose him too?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28I can't do nothing!
0:11:28 > 0:11:31No, you can't.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34You have sheep to tend and a family to feed.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I'm still weak from the birth.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Your father is old.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Who will take care of us if you are not here?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- I hate them!- I know.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52But the question is, do you hate them more than you love me?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58One man cannot change the world.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12There's an inn, I'll try there.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16There's your friends, you catch them up.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Sir?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- This is no place for you.- My wife needs to rest.- Well, not here,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26unless you'd have your pregnant wife mauled by drunken Roman pigs.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Don't you have a room?- I have money! - There's nothing for you here!
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Joseph!
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Something's happening.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08One of Herod's soldiers was attacked in the town.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14They say the man who did it smelt like a shepherd.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21But as I told them when they came,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24you were in the top field all day.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Believe it or not, I was a young man once, just as angry as you are now.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35And on a night like this, more years ago than I care to remember...
0:13:37 > 0:13:40..and like all young men forced to bend to the will of others...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46..I too had to choose between God and a sword.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I don't know who God is any more.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- I don't know what to do. - What's happening? What are you feeling?- I don't know.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Is it coming?- I think so.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- You think so?- I don't know how you tell.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50MARY SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Wait here. - Joseph, please don't leave me!
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I'll be as quick as I can.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Please, it's my wife, she's having a baby! We need help, please!
0:15:14 > 0:15:18It's my wife, she's having a baby, please! Somebody, please!
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Please! It's my wife, she's having a baby. Help me. Please. Help me!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32My wife is having a baby! Please!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40There it is, the city of David!
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Look!
0:15:48 > 0:15:50SHE GROANS
0:15:56 > 0:15:58She's about to drop!
0:15:59 > 0:16:05- What do you need?- You could start by getting her up off this filthy floor. Make her a bed!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Come on.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And water!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20MARY SCREAMS
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Water. What else can I do?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31You could hold her hand.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46MARY SCREAMS IN AGONY
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Don't be afraid.
0:18:36 > 0:18:42I bring you news of great joy that you must share with all your people.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Go into Bethlehem,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48where you will find the Saviour.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51The Messiah has come.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56The word has been made flesh as promised to you by God himself.
0:18:56 > 0:19:03Go...and worship the lamb of God.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12You will not find him dressed as a king
0:19:12 > 0:19:17but wrapped in a simple cloth, laying in a manger behind the inn.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Because he comes not for kings,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26nor for those that would have you do their will.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31He is here...
0:19:31 > 0:19:32for just such as you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You must push.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Bear down, child.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Push.- I can't!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Push!
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Almost there. Push!
0:21:15 > 0:21:18SHE SCREAMS
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Where do we go?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Push!
0:21:49 > 0:21:51BABY CRIES
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Have you thought of a name?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33His name is Jesus.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35He is the light of the world.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Yes, he is.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- I'll leave you be.- Thank you.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57He's so perfect.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09"Every step you take for the rest of your life,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11"I'll be right there next to you."
0:23:13 > 0:23:17It's what you said to me a very long time ago
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and now I know it to be true.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23DOOR OPENS
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- What do you want?- We saw an angel.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29He told us to come.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33He said that we would find the Messiah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Let them come.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Please.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Is it true?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11It's true.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51This must be it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- No wish to harm you.- Who are you?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47We are magi, from the east.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It's a boy?
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Do you know what your son will become?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Yes. He is sent from God.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Oh, he's more than that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07We saw his arrival
0:26:07 > 0:26:09in the stars
0:26:09 > 0:26:13and have travelled a thousand miles to worship him.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Welcome.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Some place for a king to be born!
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It was all we could find.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Gaspar.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42We bring gold for a king.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Myrrh, more precious than gold,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54to anoint him.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And frankincense...
0:27:04 > 0:27:09..to announce the arrival of God himself amongst us.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Please.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23You must keep him safe, until he is ready.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- There are many who would see him harmed.- No harm will come to him.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The angel...
0:27:40 > 0:27:43He said that he has come for such as us.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Yes, he has.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55The word is made flesh.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Behold the lamb of God...
0:27:59 > 0:28:02..here to take away the sins of the world.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Blessed are the merciful,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29for they shall obtain mercy.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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