Joseph and Mary Page #4

Rebekah's father yet?

Tonight.

- May good fortune

- be with you.

Thank you.

- Are you staying

- in town?

- Yes, at a

- nearby inn.

We set foot

at dawn.

I'll see you back in

Nazareth in a few days.

Tiberius.

Round up the Rabbi's.

They are the eyes and ears

of these people.

If anyone has heard

anything it will be them.

Yes my lord.

Yes, I hear you, I hear

you, I hear you!

- We have to

- worry about...

The taxes will be dealt with but

we have to remain calm.

I understand what

you're upset about.

But we have to be careful, Harod

has spies all over the city.

We must take heed.

Herod was appointed by the

Emperor himself as our King.

- Do not lose

- sight of that.

A king who murders

his own wife and sons.

Herod has no more royal

blood in him than you do.

- He's not

- even a Jew.

His mother was a daughter

of an Arabic Sheik,

- his father from

- Idumea.

But he is our leader...

- And our hands

- are bound.

All Rabbi's are ordered

to come with me now.

Where are you

taking us?

Thank you.

Welcome, Rabbis.

Do not be alarmed.

I have summoned you

here for some information.

Who amongst you has recently

journeyed to Bethlehem?

Tell me, on your travels, did

you happen upon the Magi?

And you, Rabbi who did

not answer yay or nay.

Come forward.

Yes?

- I only caught a

- glimpse of them.

So you saw them?

Yes, from a distance.

- They took pause

- at an inn.

- Who else was housed

- at this inn?

- Travelers for the

- census like myself.

Did you happen upon

a young boy?

Yes, there were several.

Did the Magi take

any special interest

- in any of

- these boys?

May I ask why you are interested

in these children?

No you may not ask.

Answer the question!

Did the Magi speak

to any of them?

- I could not say

- for certain.

I had an extra cup

of wine with dinner

and the rest of the

night is a blur.

Silence!

- The Magi have

- told me that

The Son of God has been

born in Bethlehem.

And yet none of you forewarned

me of this miracle!

Sire, if we were certain that

such an event had come to pass,

we would say.

You, did you see such a

child of God at this inn?

I really couldn't say.

- But I do remember

- something.

Yes?

- The Magi journeyed

- south before sunrise.

South?

Yes.

- Not North, here

- to Jerusalem?

Or East to their

homeland?

No, they journeyed south.

Get them out

of my sight!

You summoned me?

Fetch Tiberius.

Tiberius, wake up.

Get up.

Wake up!

What is it?

Harod.

Harod!

You summoned

me my lord?

I have been betrayed.

This ends tonight.

Slay Him, slay

the Child.

Slay all the male children

under two years of age.

No!

Joseph, what is it?

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