The Chosen: Last Supper

Where I'm going, you cannot follow me now.

But afterward, you will follow.

- After what? - When?

Let not your hearts be troubled.

In My Father's house, there are many rooms.

I'm going to go get your rooms ready.

And then I will come back and take you there,

that we may live together.

You know the way where I am going.

Lord, we don't know where You're going.

How can we know the road to get there?

I am the way,

and the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Lord...

show us the Father.

It'll be enough for us.

Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know Me, Philip?

Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father.

How can you say, "Show us the Father"?

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?

I have done so many works before your very eyes.

And if you cannot believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me,

then believe on account of the works themselves.

I'm not saying I don't believe. I-I'm just trying to understand.

You are saying that You are leaving us,

and where You go,

we cannot come.

But exactly when?

In the meantime, how will we know what to do without You?

I am not leaving you as orphans.

I am sending you a Helper to be with you forever.

The Holy Spirit.

You know Him, for He dwells in you, and will be with you.

He? Another person?

We only want You.

We... We love You.

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them,

that's who loves Me.

I'm saying these things while I am still with you.

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send in My name,

He will teach you all things,

and bring to your memory, and, yes, understanding,

all that I have said to you.

I know this is all unsettling.

Almost everything You have said this week has been.

I know.

But...

...peace, I leave with you.

My peace, I give to you.

Let not your hearts be troubled.

Neither let them be afraid.

You heard Me say to you, "I am going away, and I will come to you."

If you love Me...

...you'll rejoice.

Because I am going to the Father.

For the Father is greater than I.

And now I have told you before it takes place,

so that when it does take place,

you may believe.

I have said this before. Why...

Belief is not my problem.

I just want to know, why can I not follow You now?

I will lay down my life for You.

Will you lay down your life for Me?

Go, go.

Stay your advance, soldiers.

Let Him make a statement.

Well, what do You have to say for Yourself?

Is it not written that,

"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations"?

But you make it a "den of thieves."

"Zeal for Your house shall consume Me."

This man is volatile. Guards!

Repair the high priest to a secure location.

No more purchased animals or sacrifices are to be brought through this gate.

Do you hear me?

- But it's Passover. - I said no more!

You. What right do You have to halt the sale of offerings?

By whose authority do You do this?

- My own. -

- Heresy! - He has no authority here!

You want us to believe You?

Legitimize Your claim by showing us a sign.

You want a sign?

Destroy this temple,

and in three days, I will raise it up.

It has taken 46 years to build this temple.

And will You raise it up in three days?

- You heard me. - Is that a threat?

You have already defiled this temple

by the greed and dishonesty which you have allowed,

burdening our people, and destroying their worship.

I don't even recognize this place.

And this is My Father's house.

Hosanna to the Son of David!

Hosanna to the Son of David!

Hosanna to the Son of David!

Come here. Come.

Let's go. Come on.

- Hosanna to the Son of David... -

- Gedera. - Come on.

- Let's go. - Gedera.

A scribe! We need a scribe immediately

to record everything that just happened in exact detail.

Why? Because you think people are going to forget all that? Ever?

- He threatened to destroy the temple. - No.

His exact words were, "Destroy this temple,

and in three days, I will rebuild it."

Maybe we do need a scribe.

It hasn't been five minutes and Shmuel's already rewriting the narrative.

If not a threat, then perhaps a prediction that the temple may soon be destroyed.

It sounded like He was addressing us in the imperative.

Uh, destroy the temple, as in,

if we destroy it, He'll rebuild in three days.

It doesn't matter who may do it.

The last person who prophesied

the destruction of the temple was Jeremiah.

And as punishment, they lowered him with ropes

into a deep cistern, where he sank in the mud.

Who came out looking like the villains in that story?

Jeremiah was right. Solomon's temple was destroyed.

Yeah, and it took us half a century to get this new one built.

He also repeated the blasphemy, calling the temple His Father's house.

He makes himself equal with God by identifying as His Son.

How's that not enough?

If I still had the strength of my youth, I'd have marched down those stairs,

dragged Him through these doors and stoned Him myself.

Well, thank God you do not.

We already have a preponderance of damning evidence.

Preponderance of...

Are you so blind to the larger issue?

Thousands of citizens are on His side.

Hmm? Hailing Him whenever He defies the establishment.

We answer to God alone,

not the whims of a susceptible proletariat,

sick with messianic fervor.

That's not the same as answering to them.

The people are hungry for change. They've found hope in Him.

Hope they're not finding anywhere else.

- If nothing else, we should take heed. - Be careful with your words, Yussif.

Someone might take them as an implication that hope is not to be found here.

What if we just ask Him questions directly, hmm?

He's here for the festival and not going anywhere.

We might as well.

I questioned Him directly in Bethany, at the house of Lazarus.

It did not end well.

His teachings contradicted His actions.

And He made vague statements

about doing away with the law and prophets.

Not "done away with."

"Fulfilled in Him."

What does that mean to you, Yussif?

As Shimon just said, hmm, why not ask Him?

One thing I will say for this Jesus the Nazarene,

He does not dissemble.

His words are inflammatory, often challenging, even blasphemous.

But He will not lie.

What is your point?

Shimon is right. We should just ask Him questions.

With the right questions, His honesty could be His undoing,

if the right audience is there to hear it.

So the next time we see Him, we should all be prepared.

Questions that come from what intention?

To earnestly understand Him, or to entrap?

It's not our fault if He answers earnestly and it reveals Him to be a fraud.

We have the truth on our side.

- So it's entrapment? - He is not the Messiah, Yussif!

He wants our people, the ones we're assigned to protect,

to believe He is, and we must expose Him.

If that's entrapment, praise be to God if it works.

All right, enough, both of you.

Settle this Capernaum rivalry in private.

- He's not even from Capernaum. - I said, enough.

Everyone go back to your offices and prepare questions.

Uh-uh, uh-uh. What about the market?

Shouldn't He be fined and forced to pay for damages?

There is a committee which oversees the market. Hmm?

Why don't you talk to their chairman, and let them sort it out?

Dunash, Dunash.

How many lambs did you lose when He upended the market?

Around 30. They're all scattered now.

- Will you be able to recover them? - What's the point?

They had been without spot or blemish, as the law requires for Passover.

Now they're running the streets, getting cuts and scrapes,

and coming into contact with unclean animals.

They're worthless.

Passover lambs aren't cheap. One year old, right?

At a loss of 35 to 40.

Plus a year's worth of feeding, and grooming, and keeping them spotless.