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00:00:23	In the year of our Lord...
00:00:26	... Judea, for nearly a century,
00:00:30	In the seventh year of the reign
00:00:33	... an imperial decree
00:00:35	... each to return
00:00:38	... to be counted and taxed.
00:00:41	Converging ways of many of them led
00:00:45	... the troubled heart of their land.
00:00:49	The old city was dominated
00:00:52	... the seat of Roman power...
00:00:54	... and by the great golden temple...
00:00:56	... the outward sign of
00:01:02	Even while they obeyed
00:01:05	... the people clung proudly
00:01:08	... always remembering
00:01:11	... that one day there would be
00:01:15	... to bring them salvation
00:01:29	You'll be counted at Hebron.
00:01:30	- Name?
00:01:32	- What city?
00:01:33	- What family?
00:01:35	- Move on. Move on.
00:01:37	- Name?
00:01:38	- What city?
00:01:41	- What family?
00:01:43	And the woman?
00:01:45	My wife.
00:01:46	Move on.
00:01:49	Come on, come on.
00:08:12	What village is this?
00:08:14	Nazareth.
00:08:16	We should arrive in Jerusalem
00:08:38	You're not watching
00:08:40	We've seen Romans before.
00:08:43	Yes...
00:08:45	...and we will see them again.
00:08:51	My table is not finished.
00:08:53	Where is your son?
00:08:55	He's walking in the hills.
00:09:00	He neglects his work, Joseph.
00:09:03	No.
00:09:05	Once, I reproached him with
00:09:09	"I must be about my father's business."
00:09:12	Then why isn't he here, working?
00:09:16	He's working.
00:10:05	Trumpeters of the legion!
00:10:28	Welcome, Messala.
00:10:30	The command is yours.
00:10:32	Thank you.
00:10:34	Thank you for relieving me.
00:10:46	Drusus...
00:10:50	...when I was a boy, I dreamed
00:10:57	Now the wheel has turned.
00:10:59	I am in command.
00:11:10	Attention!
00:11:14	Aisle one, face right!
00:11:19	Forward!
00:11:28	l'd forgotten the heat.
00:11:30	If it were only the heat.
00:11:33	I lived here until I was 14.
00:11:36	- My father was head of...
00:11:39	Your father is well-remembered.
00:11:43	If there can be such a thing
00:11:48	If you want to rise, Sextus,
00:11:52	I asked to be sent here.
00:11:55	You'll find the people changed
00:11:59	In what way?
00:12:01	Oh, won't pay their taxes,
00:12:06	There's nothing new in all that.
00:12:09	And then there's religion. I tell
00:12:13	They smash the statues of our gods,
00:12:18	Punish them.
00:12:22	We do.
00:12:24	When we can find them.
00:12:28	Find the leaders.
00:12:29	You don't know. There's nothing
00:12:32	There are strange forces
00:12:35	This "messiah" business...
00:12:37	I know. There was one
00:12:40	A king of the Jews, who will lead them
00:12:45	Makes your head spin.
00:12:46	There's a wild man
00:12:50	...who drowns people in water.
00:12:52	And a carpenter's son who does magic
00:12:56	There's always a rabble-rouser
00:12:59	No, no, no. This man is different.
00:13:01	He teaches that God is near,
00:13:07	It's actually quite profound,
00:13:11	You've been too long away from Rome.
00:13:14	Go back, Sextus.
00:13:16	Go to Capri.
00:13:18	...and forget that
00:13:22	- There is divinity in only one man.
00:13:26	The emperor is displeased.
00:13:29	He wishes Judea made into a more
00:13:33	He's ordered me to restore order.
00:13:36	How? You can break a man's skull,
00:13:41	But how do you control this?
00:13:44	Especially a new idea.
00:13:50	There's a Jew outside.
00:13:55	I assume he has a name.
00:13:57	- He says he's a prince, Judah Ben-Hur.
00:14:04	Tell him I will join him.
00:14:06	Yes, tribune.
00:14:09	Centurion!
00:14:16	This was his country
00:14:20	Don't forget that.
00:14:23	Yes, tribune.
00:14:27	Very wise. This Ben-Hur is
00:14:33	And the head of one
00:14:37	We were friends as boys.
00:14:39	We were like brothers.
00:14:43	Sextus...
00:14:45	...you ask how to fight an idea.
00:14:49	Well, I'll tell you how.
00:14:52	With another idea.
00:15:33	I said l'd come back.
00:15:36	I never thought you would.
00:15:40	I'm so glad.
00:15:50	- Look at you.
00:15:53	You've come back a tribune.
00:15:56	When I heard that news,
00:16:00	We'll drink another now.
00:16:03	- Your sister and mother?
00:16:05	They've talked of you
00:16:09	- ls Tirzah married?
00:16:10	Suitors come and go, but she dreams.
00:16:13	She's been in love with you
00:16:16	I can't wait to see them.
00:16:18	Do you still hunt jackals and lions?
00:16:21	Or have you become too dignified?
00:16:41	- Down Eros, up Mars!
00:16:54	Where the beams cross?
00:17:10	Good.
00:17:30	After all these years!
00:17:33	Still close.
00:17:35	In every way.
00:17:39	I hope so.
00:17:43	I know.
00:17:46	You're a Roman, and I'm a Jew...
00:17:50	...whose life you once saved.
00:17:54	The best thing I ever did.
00:18:00	Judah...
00:18:04	...it will be very difficult
00:18:06	I'm going to need help.
00:18:09	Your help. Your advice.
00:18:16	- You want my advice?
00:18:20	Withdraw your legions.
00:18:25	Give us our freedom.
00:18:30	Unfortunately, the emperor
00:18:33	He's particularly fond of Judea.
00:18:36	And Judea's not fond of the emperor.
00:18:48	My quarters.
00:18:51	A bit grim.
00:18:52	Not grim.
00:18:54	Austere. Virtuous.
00:18:57	Roman.
00:19:02	I'm going to be second-in-command
00:19:07	He's coming in a few days
00:19:12	Then the rumors are true.
00:19:17	The emperor does not approve
00:19:21	There is rebellion in the wind.
00:19:29	But you and your family
00:19:32	I'm next in authority to the governor,
00:19:35	- I'm a Jew.
00:19:38	What have you in common
00:19:42	- They're my people. I'm one of them.
00:19:45	It's a Roman world. If you want to
00:19:51	You've changed.
00:19:52	I've grown up. I've seen the world
00:19:55	I've seen Rome. It's no accident
00:19:59	...was chosen to rule the world.
00:20:01	Your legions.
00:20:05	It wasn't just our legions.
00:20:08	Other countries have armies,
00:20:12	Oh, no.
00:20:14	No, it was fate that chose us
00:20:19	Our roads and ships connect
00:20:22	Roman law, architecture, literature
00:20:26	I believe in the future of my people.
00:20:29	Of course you do.
00:20:33	How?
00:20:36	You're an aristocrat.
00:20:37	Your family's name is honored.
00:20:41	You're rich and powerful.
00:20:44	They'd listen if you
00:20:46	Persuade your people that
00:20:50	It is worse than stupid, futile!
00:20:52	For it can end in only one way,
00:21:02	I'm against violence.
00:21:05	I've spoken against it.
00:21:07	Then we're agreed!
00:21:11	Now, when can I come
00:21:15	- We had hoped tomorrow.
00:21:20	And now for our toast.
00:21:25	It's dreadful wine, by the way.
00:21:28	It's especially fermented
00:21:31	You're very cruel to your conquerors.
00:21:39	It's an insane world.
00:21:42	But in it there is one sanity:
00:21:45	The loyalty of old friends.
00:21:50	Judah, we must believe in one another.
00:21:53	Will you drink to that?
00:21:59	With all my heart.
00:22:21	Here it is, the place I've remembered.
00:22:24	The court where we played
00:22:27	The roof where we'd throw pebbles
00:22:31	- We were rascals, weren't we?
00:22:35	I would have that time again.
00:22:37	And here it is. Nothing has changed.
00:22:40	Except for the fountain.
00:22:41	- The old well would go dry, remember?
00:22:46	A new fountain and a new Tirzah.
00:22:52	- He hasn't changed, has he, Mother?
00:22:54	Of course he has. He was a boy
00:22:59	With great responsibilities.
00:23:03	Come.
00:23:05	The emperor builds and builds,
00:23:09	Oh, I almost forgot.
00:23:16	I've never seen anything
00:23:20	- ls it Roman?
00:23:23	A tremendous campaign.
00:23:25	Our armies met on the coast.
00:23:29	We marched on their capital.
00:23:32	Or was, till we destroyed it.
00:23:36	Now it's nothing but ashes.
00:23:40	I'm boring you with soldier stories.
00:23:43	Come with me, there's something
00:23:48	Thank you for this.
00:23:49	I chose the right present for you.
00:24:09	What do you think of it?
00:24:12	Magnificent.
00:24:17	It's Arabic.
00:24:19	I think he has the look of the breed.
00:24:23	Let me try him sometime.
00:24:25	Whenever you like. He's yours.
00:24:30	Do you mean you'll give me this?
00:24:33	Oh, Judah.
00:24:36	You are good. It's going
00:24:48	Judah, tell me, did you...
00:24:50	...think about what I said?
00:24:52	Yes. Talked to a number
00:24:55	Spoken against violence,
00:24:57	Most of the men agree with me.
00:25:00	Most? Not all?
00:25:02	No, not all.
00:25:04	Who does not agree?
00:25:06	Well, the resenttul, the impatient.
00:25:10	Who are they?
00:25:14	Yes, Judah. Who are they?
00:25:24	Would I retain your friendship
00:25:27	Telling the names of criminals
00:25:29	They're not criminals, Messala.
00:25:32	Patriots?!
00:25:41	Let me explain something to you.
00:25:47	The emperor is watching us.
00:25:51	This is my great opportunity,
00:25:54	If I bring order here,
00:25:57	You'll rise with me, I promise.
00:26:01	Rome! Yes, perhaps at the side
00:26:04	I mean it. It can happen
00:26:07	I swear, this is the time.
00:26:09	The emperor is watching us, judging
00:26:13	And all you need do
00:26:18	- You speak as if he were God.
00:26:22	He is power,
00:26:28	Not that.
00:26:32	Help me, Judah.
00:26:35	I would do anything
00:26:39	...except betray my own people.
00:26:42	In the name of all the gods, what do
00:26:50	If I cannot persuade them, that does
00:26:56	Besides, you must
00:27:00	I believe in the past
00:27:03	Future? You are a conquered people.
00:27:08	You may conquer the land.
00:27:12	But that is not the end.
00:27:14	You live on dead dreams.
00:27:19	Solomon's glory is gone.
00:27:21	Joshua will not rise again
00:27:24	There is only one reality in
00:27:29	Don't be a fool! Look to Rome!
00:27:30	Better a fool
00:27:32	- I am a soldier.
00:27:35	- I warn you...
00:27:39	Rome is an affront to God.
00:27:41	Rome is strangling my people
00:27:44	But not forever.
00:27:46	And I tell you, the day Rome falls
00:27:50	...such as the world
00:28:02	Either you help me or you oppose me.
00:28:06	You're either for me or against me.
00:28:14	If that is the choice...
00:28:18	...then I am against you.
00:28:48	There they are.
00:28:51	Where's Messala?
00:28:54	- Where's...?
00:28:56	Gone?
00:28:59	- But why?
00:29:01	- What happened?
00:29:05	Come. Let us have dinner.
00:29:22	Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God,
00:29:25	...who bringeth to us
00:29:34	We shall never see him again, Tirzah.
00:29:40	He wanted to use me
00:30:33	- Master, the caravan from Antioch.
00:30:37	Simonides.
00:30:40	Welcome.
00:30:43	- Oh, welcome homecoming.
00:30:45	Simonides has brought gifts, as usual.
00:30:48	Amber and jade for me.
00:30:51	And for the master, lberian wine.
00:30:53	Not to mention the best gift of all,
00:30:56	You do your servant honor.
00:31:00	- Caravans from Petra.
00:31:03	- Good.
00:31:05	And what of Numidia?
00:31:07	The trade route is ours,
00:31:11	Once a year,
00:31:13	And once a year,
00:31:17	Yeah, but my greatest treasure
00:31:20	My life belongs to the House of Hur.
00:31:22	Nothing else exists for me,
00:31:26	- She must be a young woman by now.
00:31:30	She was born
00:31:32	When I inherited you,
00:31:36	Still, Esther has come with me from
00:31:40	It's granted. I wish you
00:31:44	If it is the Lord's will,
00:32:22	With your permission,
00:32:43	You're eager to marry, Esther?
00:32:47	It is my father's wish.
00:32:52	Your husband will be fortunate.
00:32:56	What is his name?
00:32:59	David, son of Mathias.
00:33:01	Of what house?
00:33:03	- His own, master.
00:33:08	Tell me more about him.
00:33:11	I have seen him only once.
00:33:13	He is a merchant,
00:33:15	He will pay for Esther's freedom.
00:33:18	Her freedom will be
00:33:26	You are generous, master.
00:33:34	Do you love this man?
00:33:41	I will learn to love him.
00:34:01	You have my permission to marry.
00:34:04	We'll drink to your happiness.
00:34:07	And a safe return to Antioch.
00:34:35	I disturbed you.
00:34:37	No.
00:34:39	What were you thinking?
00:34:42	I was saying goodbye...
00:34:45	...to this city...
00:34:47	...and this house.
00:34:53	You've not often been here.
00:34:58	My father sometimes brought me here...
00:35:01	...when I was little.
00:35:05	It was a house
00:35:11	Except once.
00:35:14	When you and your friend,
00:35:17	- Messala.
00:35:20	You had been out hunting...
00:35:23	...and they brought you home injured.
00:35:28	I touched your face
00:35:35	...and prayed to God,
00:35:42	I can hear how you said it.
00:35:49	Yes, master.
00:35:50	Master?
00:35:56	It's strange. I hardly feIt a slave.
00:36:05	And now...
00:36:08	...I hardly feel free.
00:36:12	You know, in the old, wise days
00:36:16	...if there was among his slaves...
00:36:19	...some girl who filled his eyes...
00:36:22	...he could choose her out
00:36:26	...and take her to him.
00:36:28	Wise days of Solomon.
00:36:32	Different days.
00:36:37	And long ago.
00:36:47	If you were not a bride...
00:36:51	...I should kiss you goodbye.
00:36:56	If I were not a bride...
00:36:58	...there would be no goodbyes
00:37:14	Your slave ring.
00:37:20	Fair exchange.
00:37:23	Freedom to you. The ring to me.
00:37:27	You will wear it?
00:37:36	Until you meet the woman
00:37:42	Yes.
00:37:46	Until then.
00:39:22	The gods favor my lord Gratus.
00:39:24	If it is the governor's pleasure,
00:39:28	Thank you, tribune.
00:39:32	I see no delegation from the city.
00:39:34	- There will not be one, sir.
00:39:36	Jerusalem's welcome will not
00:39:39	But I pledge, my lord,
00:39:43	Let us proceed.
00:40:47	There's Messala.
00:41:00	He saw you, Judah.
00:41:31	The new governor.
00:41:49	Stand back!
00:41:52	- Stand back.
00:41:55	Had to be the Jews!
00:42:03	Open up in the name
00:42:16	Judah! Tirzah! What is it?
00:42:20	Open up in the name of the law!
00:42:22	- I was watching the...
00:42:26	- It wasn't my fault.
00:42:28	She won't have to say anything.
00:42:32	Open the gates!
00:42:40	I'll speak to them.
00:42:42	- Arrest him!
00:42:45	- Hold those women.
00:42:48	It was an accident.
00:42:52	Let me tell you what happened.
00:42:56	- This is the man, sir. We saw him.
00:43:00	- Accident?
00:43:02	I put my hand on the ledge.
00:43:05	Take him. Take all of them.
00:43:07	- He's telling the truth!
00:43:12	Attention!
00:43:19	Messala.
00:43:29	In the name of God,
00:43:32	I leaned on the tile,
00:43:38	It was an accident.
00:43:50	Let them go!
00:43:59	Let the servants go.
00:44:00	Let them go. Return to your ranks.
00:45:32	Come.
00:45:34	Where?
00:45:36	Tirus.
00:45:39	Tirus?
00:45:42	I've had no trial.
00:45:45	I'm to die in the galleys
00:45:48	There's no truth in the charge!
00:45:51	Wait. My mother, my sister.
00:45:54	Tie his hands.
00:45:58	- At least tell me if they're safe.
00:46:33	Get along. lKeep moving.
00:46:49	Jailer!
00:46:52	Guard, in there!
00:46:55	Up the stairs!
00:46:57	Jailer!
00:47:00	Jailer!
00:47:03	To the right.
00:47:59	- Wait!
00:48:04	Send them out.
00:48:11	Go!
00:48:17	The door.
00:48:27	Where are my mother and sister?
00:48:41	Where are they?
00:48:45	Here, within these walls.
00:48:48	The governor is recovering.
00:48:53	Of course, they will be sentenced.
00:48:59	ls it possible?
00:49:04	ls it possible
00:49:07	To people you've known?
00:49:12	You will let them go.
00:49:20	I didn't try to kill the governor.
00:49:23	I know you're not.
00:49:26	You know?
00:49:32	You are evil.
00:49:34	No, Judah, I am not evil.
00:49:37	I wanted your help.
00:49:40	Now you've given it to me.
00:49:42	By making this example of you,
00:49:46	By condemning without hesitation
00:49:53	But not my family.
00:49:56	Let them go.
00:49:58	Please.
00:50:02	- Messala, I beg you.
00:50:08	Didn't I beg you?
00:50:15	You chose this.
00:50:19	Kill me, and your mother
00:50:21	...nailed to crosses in front of you!
00:50:26	Go on, Judah.
00:50:28	Kill me!
00:50:43	May God grant me vengeance.
00:50:45	I will pray that
00:50:50	Return?
00:50:56	Take him.
00:51:34	Sentries, salute.
00:51:38	The tribune will see you now.
00:52:11	Tribune, I'm steward
00:52:16	I remember you.
00:52:18	We were on our way to Antioch
00:52:22	Judah Ben-Hur could not have done
00:52:26	Better than you.
00:52:28	Then there must be no doubt in
00:52:32	The prisoners have been sentenced.
00:52:35	- Sentenced?
00:52:37	There was never a threat against
00:52:41	Surely you must know
00:52:44	In your heart, you must know it.
00:52:51	Drusus.
00:52:58	This man had better be kept here
00:53:57	Hold!
00:54:54	Water for the soldiers.
00:54:56	Soldiers first!
00:55:00	Get away from that well.
00:55:04	Get them away from that well!
00:55:07	Come on, you! Water for the horses!
00:55:13	- Water. Water.
00:55:25	Here.
00:55:49	Wait.
00:55:51	No water for him.
00:56:15	God...
00:56:17	...help me.
00:57:13	You! I said no water for him!
00:57:50	All right, on your feet, all of you!
00:57:53	Get them on their feet!
00:57:55	Back in line, you dog!
00:58:10	On your feet!
00:58:12	Get them going!
00:58:17	You there, back to your place!
00:58:23	Forward, you dogs!
00:59:30	Soon, the counselor's barge
00:59:33	Be ready to raise oars.
00:59:41	Raise oars!
00:59:47	Down oars!
01:00:07	The new commander, Quintus Arrius.
01:00:30	- How many rowers?
01:00:32	- And reliefs?
01:01:10	This man is ill. Replace him.
01:01:13	- Change him.
01:01:22	- This man's been giving you trouble?
01:01:26	That will stop.
01:01:52	What service have you seen?
01:01:56	Forty-one.
01:01:58	A month's less a day in this ship.
01:02:02	You keep an exact account.
01:02:06	Three years in other ships.
01:02:11	Three years.
01:02:34	You have the spirit to fight back...
01:02:37	...but the good sense to control it.
01:02:43	Your eyes are full of hate, 41 .
01:02:47	That's good. Hate keeps a man alive.
01:02:51	It gives him strength.
01:02:55	Now, listen to me, all of you.
01:02:57	You are all condemned men.
01:03:01	We keep you alive to serve this ship.
01:03:07	So row well...
01:03:10	...and live.
01:03:20	- Ship ready, consul.
01:03:23	Strike oars!
01:03:47	You know a fleet
01:03:49	...has been raiding Roman commerce.
01:03:53	The emperor has honored us
01:03:56	...of seeking out and destroying them.
01:04:30	Battle speed, hortator.
01:04:34	Battle speed!
01:05:07	Attack speed.
01:05:09	Attack speed!
01:05:51	Ramming speed.
01:05:54	Ramming speed!
01:07:09	Rest.
01:07:11	Halt!
01:07:14	Rest!
01:08:18	Why are you here?
01:08:20	I was ordered to report to you
01:08:25	Oh, yes.
01:08:28	l'd forgotten.
01:08:36	You could have killed me
01:08:38	You're a condemned man.
01:08:41	I'm not ready to die.
01:08:43	What do you think will save you?
01:08:45	The God of my fathers.
01:08:49	Your God has forsaken you.
01:08:52	He has no more power
01:08:55	My gods will not help me.
01:08:59	I might.
01:09:01	Does that interest you, 4 1?
01:09:06	I can see that it does.
01:09:09	I'm a fighting man by profession,
01:09:13	...it amuses me to train fighting men.
01:09:16	I own some of the best gladiators
01:09:19	Would you like to become one of them?
01:09:22	To die as your slave?
01:09:24	Better than to live in chains
01:09:27	I will not be here forever.
01:09:31	No?
01:09:36	What would you do if you escaped?
01:09:40	Two people were condemned with me,
01:09:44	...though they were innocent.
01:09:46	Do not say that you were innocent.
01:09:48	- Would it do any good to say it again?
01:09:52	Consider my offer carefully. You will
01:09:57	If we are not, you will sink
01:10:02	I cannot believe that
01:10:05	...to die chained to an oar.
01:10:07	It's a strange, stubborn faith
01:10:11	...to believe that
01:10:14	A sane man would have learned
01:10:18	As you have.
01:10:21	What drove it out of you?
01:10:24	Go back to your oar, 4 1 .
01:10:43	Consul, enemy sighted.
01:10:46	Signal the fleet.
01:10:56	All the watch to battle posts.
01:11:03	- Stand by to load.
01:11:06	Hurry, quick!
01:11:10	Hurry up with that resin.
01:11:18	Raise oars!
01:11:21	Down oars!
01:11:24	Chain rowers!
01:11:48	Guard.
01:11:52	Unlock 41.
01:11:54	No! I don't want to die!
01:11:56	I don't want to die!
01:12:29	41, why did he do that?
01:12:33	I don't know.
01:12:37	Once before, a man helped me.
01:12:41	I didn't know why then.
01:12:44	Normal speed!
01:13:24	Number 1, flame.
01:13:27	Fire.
01:13:41	Fire!
01:13:42	Fire!
01:13:49	Hold withdrawal on command.
01:13:53	Lift oars! Raise!
01:13:56	Withdraw!
01:14:00	Steersman, right.
01:14:09	Extend oars!
01:14:13	Fire!
01:14:35	- Watch out!
01:14:53	Steersman, ram course! Order below!
01:14:57	Ramming speed!
01:15:10	Consul, barge on ramming course.
01:15:20	We're going to be rammed!
01:20:19	Why did you save me?
01:20:23	Why did you have me unchained?
01:20:47	What is your name, 41?
01:20:51	Judah Ben-Hur.
01:20:54	Judah Ben-Hur...
01:20:58	...let me die.
01:21:02	We keep you alive to serve this ship.
01:21:06	Row well and live.
01:21:23	ls the sail square?
01:21:27	I can't tell.
01:21:30	Better for us both if it's the enemy.
01:21:34	My death.
01:21:36	Your freedom.
01:21:42	It's a Roman sail.
01:22:14	Face rear!
01:22:16	Welcome, consul.
01:22:23	Water.
01:22:29	The fleet, all lost?
01:22:31	Five galleys.
01:22:33	- And the battle?
01:22:37	You have a victory.
01:22:39	- It was a victory?
01:23:01	In His eagerness to save you...
01:23:03	...your God has also saved
01:23:41	Hail Arrius!
01:23:46	Right oars!
01:26:42	You have cleared the seaways
01:26:47	This baton of victory
01:26:59	This man riding beside you,
01:27:02	The man who saved me, divine emperor,
01:27:05	ls that all you know about him?
01:27:10	No. He was accused of an attack
01:27:15	But he was innocent.
01:27:17	If not, there's a strange
01:27:20	...who tries to kill my governor,
01:27:25	Come tomorrow.
01:27:58	We have all the information
01:28:01	...a man of some influence
01:28:04	His attack upon our governor is one
01:28:08	I am convinced that
01:28:12	Consul, allow us to continue.
01:28:16	Allow us to be generous.
01:28:20	As a reward to you
01:28:23	...we shall not send him
01:28:26	We give him to you as your slave.
01:28:32	Such is the will of the senate...
01:28:35	...and the people of Rome.
01:29:57	Not long ago, I returned to Rome...
01:30:00	...with a young man
01:30:03	You all know him as
01:30:06	Five times, he's driven
01:30:16	I know him as one who stands
01:30:22	I have the love and pride
01:30:25	...which I thought
01:30:33	Nothing could make stronger
01:30:35	...but tonight I wish
01:30:39	The formalities of adoption
01:30:43	Young Arrius is now
01:30:46	...and the heir to my property.
01:30:53	This ring of my ancestors...
01:30:56	...would have gone to my son.
01:30:59	So now it is yours.
01:31:23	It's a strange destiny that
01:31:29	...a new home...
01:31:31	...a new father.
01:31:34	It brought me here.
01:31:37	It may take me away.
01:31:40	But wherever I may be...
01:31:42	...I shall always try to wear this
01:31:47	With gratitude and affection...
01:31:51	...and with honor.
01:32:12	My old friend Pontius Pilate,
01:32:15	Before you came to this city,
01:32:18	Magnificent horses, extremely swift.
01:32:20	Yes, but not swift enough
01:32:23	- Tell me, you come from Judea?
01:32:25	I hear that the climate
01:32:28	Not for Judeans.
01:32:34	It's a terrible prospect.
01:32:38	- Of Judea?
01:32:40	I asked for Alexandria.
01:32:41	But it seems the wilderness
01:32:44	The scorpions and holy prophets
01:32:48	Lay the dust of Judea,
01:32:51	Goats and Jehovah.
01:33:12	You're leaving.
01:33:17	I must.
01:33:20	It's a journey I can't keep you from.
01:33:24	Your eyes have never left it all
01:33:28	But still, my counsel is to wait.
01:33:32	Gratus is to be replaced.
01:33:35	The governorship goes
01:33:42	When?
01:33:44	Very soon.
01:33:46	It's very much to our purpose.
01:33:49	Nothing is to the purpose if, when
01:33:57	That is the thought which has punished
01:34:08	Will Rome see you again?
01:34:18	Here is a part of my life
01:34:23	I shall remember it.
01:34:28	Whoever the gods are, they take
01:34:33	They have their way.
01:36:15	Forgive me.
01:36:17	You're a stranger here.
01:36:21	Would you be from Nazareth?
01:36:25	Why do you ask?
01:36:27	I thought...
01:36:30	...you might be the one...
01:36:34	The one that I have come back
01:36:42	He would be about your age.
01:36:45	Who?
01:36:50	When I find Him...
01:36:53	...I shall know Him.
01:37:00	Oh, but forgive me.
01:37:04	I am the guest of Sheik llderim.
01:37:07	Sack of flesh without brains!
01:37:09	No! No! Not the whip!
01:37:13	That is my host.
01:37:15	Gently! Gently!
01:37:16	Fool! Headless toad!
01:37:20	Whip my children once and
01:37:24	Now, gently around the first turn,
01:37:33	lKeep my words in your head!
01:37:37	Beautiful horses.
01:37:50	Now! Now! They are ready!
01:37:59	Watch. They'll never hold the turn.
01:38:04	No! No!
01:38:08	Abadon, stop him!
01:38:13	Stop that whip!
01:38:14	I'll kill him! I'll kill...!
01:38:22	Moonhead!
01:38:28	You think you can treat
01:38:32	Drive cows and goats!
01:38:35	Get off, idiot!
01:38:42	Drive goats, not horses!
01:38:44	I am doomed.
01:38:46	This traveler told what would happen
01:38:52	Your horses are very fine,
01:38:55	Not a team?
01:38:56	But one of them held steady,
01:38:59	- Antares.
01:39:02	He should run on the inside where
01:39:12	You have a keen eye.
01:39:16	In the circus in Rome.
01:39:20	You have driven in the great circus?
01:39:24	Tell me, my friend, could you
01:39:28	I'm on my way to Jerusalem.
01:39:30	Would your caravan rest until tomorrow?
01:39:33	We have time enough
01:39:35	Come into my tent
01:39:37	And let me hear how you raced in Rome.
01:39:43	If I had a voice to sing,
01:39:47	No other animal has
01:39:50	...from the first innocent falling
01:39:53	And tomorrow, I shall put Antares
01:39:57	When you do, shorten the yoke.
01:40:01	Judah Ben-Hur.
01:40:03	You're a Jew,
01:40:06	Yes.
01:40:09	By a strange choice
01:40:14	Your coming here was so fit, so right.
01:40:17	We might have achieved wonders!
01:40:20	You have to go.
01:40:26	I make a journey which will not wait.
01:40:28	Ah, well, then perhaps
01:40:31	And when you do,
01:40:33	I have no wives.
01:40:35	No wives at all?
01:40:37	I have six, no, seven.
01:40:40	I've counted eight.
01:40:42	And that is because he is traveling.
01:40:45	Believe me, it is a great advantage
01:40:49	- Someday, I hope to have one.
01:40:52	One God, that I can understand.
01:40:57	It is not generous.
01:41:04	- Was the food not to your liking?
01:41:20	Thank you. Thank you.
01:41:22	And take my advice, my friend.
01:41:28	And now I must say good night
01:41:32	When ready for sleep,
01:41:35	They wait to see which one
01:41:38	- I'll make my farewells then.
01:41:41	Stay and see them.
01:41:57	Come, my children. Come.
01:42:06	Strangers make them shy.
01:42:09	Come.
01:42:10	Come, do not be afraid. Come.
01:42:19	There, my children.
01:42:21	They are descended from
01:42:24	...and I have named them
01:42:28	Come, Antares.
01:42:30	You are the slowest, and you can
01:42:34	What? Yes, yes.
01:42:36	Yes, I love you too.
01:42:40	Come, Rigel.
01:42:42	We've both supped well,
01:42:46	There's my good Rigel.
01:42:49	Yes, you are ready for sleep.
01:42:53	The day's work done for you, eh?
01:42:57	Yes, well, you can go
01:42:59	Good night. Good night, my treasure.
01:43:04	Steady, Aldebaran.
01:43:07	No. You are the swiftest,
01:43:14	Never seen finer horses, even in Rome.
01:43:16	You should see their mother, Mira.
01:43:18	I dare not bring her.
01:43:22	All right, all right.
01:43:28	You are their friend, and they do
01:43:33	Come, Antares, Rigel, it is late.
01:43:37	Altair, Aldebaran, go to sleep.
01:43:42	You must be strong and swift.
01:43:45	Go, my children. Go.
01:43:52	At Jerusalem, they'll race
01:43:55	...and the champion of the East,
01:43:59	He stops at nothing to win.
01:44:01	- Messala? In the circus?
01:44:04	You knew him?
01:44:07	I know him.
01:44:08	Perhaps without much liking.
01:44:14	My people are praying for a man...
01:44:16	...to drive their team
01:44:19	You could be that man, the one...
01:44:21	...to stamp his arrogance
01:44:23	My horses need only a driver
01:44:27	...one who will rule them with love.
01:44:30	It's not possible.
01:44:34	That is a pity.
01:44:36	Think of it. To break his pride...
01:44:38	...to humble this tribune before
01:44:42	Just think, his defeat and humiliation
01:44:47	I know it is not possible.
01:44:50	Does it not delight your imagination?
01:44:54	Does it not answer your purpose?
01:44:57	I must deal with Messala
01:45:00	And your way is to kill him.
01:45:06	I see this terrible thing
01:45:09	But no matter what this man has done,
01:45:14	He will be punished inevitably.
01:45:18	I don't believe in miracles.
01:45:20	But all life is a miracle.
01:45:22	Why will you not
01:45:28	You do not believe in miracles.
01:45:30	Yet God once spoke to me
01:45:34	...and a star led me
01:45:37	...where I found a newborn child
01:45:40	And God lived in this child.
01:45:43	By now, He is a grown man
01:45:47	That is why I have returned here...
01:45:49	...so that I may be at hand
01:45:54	He is near.
01:45:56	He saw the sun set this evening,
01:46:01	Perhaps He's standing in a doorway
01:46:05	Perhaps He is a shepherd...
01:46:08	...a merchant, a fisherman.
01:46:11	But He lives...
01:46:13	...and all our lives from now on
01:46:19	There are many paths to God, my son.
01:46:23	I hope yours will not
01:46:36	I'm ready for sleep.
01:46:53	Balthasar is a good man...
01:46:55	...but until all men are like him,
01:47:00	And our intention true.
01:47:03	So I must leave you.
01:47:07	One last thought.
01:47:09	There is no law in the arena.
01:47:13	Many are killed.
01:47:18	I hope to see you again.
01:47:35	Fine Damascus silk.
01:47:37	Fine Damascus silk.
01:49:47	Esther?
01:50:00	It's Judah.
01:50:10	You are alive.
01:50:13	You are alive.
01:50:17	What are you doing here?
01:50:30	I'm here.
01:50:33	I'm with you.
01:50:41	Where's your father?
01:50:48	The day they took you away,
01:50:52	They tortured him.
01:50:54	When they were sure he was hiding
01:51:00	Ever since then, we have been
01:51:06	You never went back to Antioch?
01:51:08	No.
01:51:10	The Romans took everything.
01:51:21	Where are my mother and sister?
01:51:32	Let me tell him first.
01:51:53	Father.
01:51:55	Father, something wonderful
01:51:59	Judah Ben-Hur is alive.
01:52:03	He has come home. He is here.
01:52:24	Judah.
01:52:27	Judah Ben-Hur.
01:52:32	My dear old friend.
01:52:36	Let me look at you.
01:52:39	Let me see you.
01:52:42	Yes, yes. It is true.
01:52:45	Praise God for His mercy.
01:53:10	Where are they?
01:53:13	Since that terrible day...
01:53:17	...there has been no word of them.
01:53:36	You should have been less loyal.
01:53:38	Do not pity me, Master Judah.
01:53:40	In fact, I'm twice the man I was.
01:53:44	There is Malluch, my other half.
01:53:49	We were released on the same day.
01:53:51	Malluch without a tongue,
01:53:56	Since then, I have been his tongue...
01:53:59	...and he has been my legs.
01:54:01	Together, we make a considerable man.
01:54:06	Old friend.
01:54:09	She always said you would return.
01:54:12	She never gave up hope.
01:54:16	Though I hoped it,
01:54:20	I see that your one thought is
01:54:25	But suppose that isn't possible.
01:54:28	If one purpose fails,
01:54:31	Much of your fortune is safe, Judah.
01:54:34	They could not make me
01:54:37	It is there still...
01:54:38	...to put power into our hands
01:54:45	That's not why I came back.
01:54:47	Judah, they are dead.
01:54:51	Four years. No one could live
01:55:00	Who lives more than one year
01:55:04	Yes, it is true.
01:55:08	Judah Ben-Hur.
01:55:14	You have come back to us
01:55:18	Judah, I should like to laugh again.
01:55:21	- Let us laugh.
01:55:23	There will be joy again
01:55:25	We will celebrate among the dust.
01:55:41	I will take him.
01:56:14	We stood here before.
01:56:19	A long while ago.
01:56:22	Four years.
01:56:27	But now it seems as if...
01:56:30	...only yesterday...
01:56:34	I was saying:
01:56:37	"If you were not a bride,
01:56:43	"If I were not a bride...
01:56:46	...there would be
01:56:59	I am not a bride.
01:57:33	Why did you never marry?
01:57:37	My father needed me.
01:57:44	And also...
01:57:54	It's still on my finger.
01:57:59	I said I should wear it
01:58:10	It's become a part of my hand.
01:58:22	If Messala once knew you were here...
01:58:25	As he must.
01:58:27	He will know where they are.
01:58:37	And if you should find...?
01:58:42	- Lf he says they're dead...
01:58:51	I've seen too much
01:58:55	My father is burned up with it.
01:58:59	But I've heard of a young rabbi who
01:59:04	...and love more powerful than hatred.
01:59:08	I believe it.
01:59:10	- Esther.
01:59:13	Stay alive.
01:59:15	lKeep away from Messala.
01:59:17	Only if I can give up
01:59:22	That time isn't yet come.
01:59:24	The stone that fell from this roof
01:59:29	Only this time you won't be sent
01:59:32	This time you will be destroyed.
01:59:34	You'll die.
02:00:20	Tribune, compliments of Quintus
02:00:24	- Consul here?
02:00:27	Thank him. Bring him to me.
02:00:29	- I didn't know the consul had a son.
02:00:34	- Why is he presenting me with gifts?
02:00:40	Look.
02:00:43	It's magnificent.
02:00:45	And from a man I've never met.
02:00:47	You're wrong, Messala.
02:01:14	By what magic do you bear
02:01:18	You were the magician, Messala.
02:01:20	You condemned me to the galleys.
02:01:24	When my ship was sunk,
02:01:39	You know his seal?
02:01:52	Now I have come back...
02:01:54	...as I swore I would.
02:02:02	Your gift is exquisitely
02:02:08	You suggest I use it on myself?
02:02:12	What has become of
02:02:19	It is not my duty
02:02:23	Find them, Messala.
02:02:26	Restore them to me,
02:02:29	...with every stroke of that oar
02:02:36	I am not the governor.
02:02:39	Then get it.
02:02:45	I will come back tomorrow.
02:02:48	Don't disappoint me, Messala.
02:03:06	What became of them?
02:03:08	It's been almost five years.
02:03:12	Go to the citadel, Drusus. Find out.
02:03:14	- And if they're dead?
02:03:32	"Miriam, wife. Tirzah, daughter."
02:03:35	Yes, they are the ones.
02:03:38	E section...
02:03:41	...lower level.
02:03:43	Cell two.
02:04:04	Water.
02:04:06	Water.
02:04:08	Let me out!
02:04:44	- How long since you've seen them?
02:04:48	And I've been here three years.
02:04:55	The food disappears.
02:05:31	Lepers.
02:06:02	They must be taken outside the city
02:06:05	Then we'll burn out the cell.
02:06:53	ls someone there?
02:07:00	There is someone there.
02:07:16	Who are you?
02:07:20	Don't come any closer.
02:07:25	Who are you?
02:07:30	Esther.
02:07:33	It's Miriam.
02:07:35	Miriam.
02:07:38	Miriam?
02:07:42	Stay where you are.
02:07:46	You have come home.
02:07:50	Stand back, Esther.
02:08:01	We are lepers.
02:08:16	Oh, Esther.
02:08:19	Tirzah.
02:08:30	Esther...
02:08:33	...is Judah living?
02:08:36	Yes, he is alive.
02:08:39	He is here.
02:08:44	Where?
02:08:47	He is searching for you now.
02:08:51	I must find him and tell him.
02:08:54	- No!
02:08:55	No.
02:08:57	Tell no one.
02:09:02	We are going away
02:09:06	We won't return.
02:09:10	Judah has to be told.
02:09:13	No.
02:09:17	Please.
02:09:37	I couldn't see his face.
02:09:42	ls it changed?
02:09:46	No, he is not changed.
02:09:55	He's not changed.
02:09:59	You love him, Esther.
02:10:12	Promise me...
02:10:15	...on your love for him...
02:10:18	...you will never tell him
02:10:30	ls he never to know?
02:10:36	Let him remember us as we were.
02:10:40	Promise me.
02:10:52	There's nothing else I can hope for.
02:10:56	Only this.
02:11:05	I promise.
02:11:11	I am content.
02:11:32	Wait.
02:12:19	Messala will find out.
02:12:22	I pray to God they're alive
02:12:26	He'll free them.
02:12:28	He wants to survive.
02:12:32	He cannot free them, Judah.
02:12:37	What do you mean?
02:12:47	I saw them.
02:12:49	You saw them?
02:12:51	Where?
02:12:52	When did you see them?
02:12:59	They were dead.
02:13:04	They were dead.
02:13:07	When?
02:13:10	When? When?!
02:13:15	In the prison.
02:13:18	When I was waiting
02:13:26	Why didn't you tell me?
02:13:33	I couldn't tell you.
02:13:36	Nor even you, Father.
02:13:39	I was afraid that
02:13:43	Judah, you have come
02:13:46	It's over now.
02:13:48	Over?
02:13:50	- Judah.
02:13:52	Judah, forget, forget, forget Messala.
02:15:24	Gentlemen.
02:15:25	Officers.
02:15:28	Defenders of great Rome's imperium...
02:15:32	...may I enter?
02:15:34	Certainly, sheik.
02:15:36	You do us an unexpected honor.
02:15:39	The noble tribune is most gracious.
02:15:51	And now...
02:15:52	...the question you're asking:
02:15:54	Why am I here?
02:15:56	As you know, I am a gambling man.
02:15:59	The games approach.
02:16:00	I am racing my whites against the
02:16:05	I will back my own poor horses.
02:16:08	No limit's?
02:16:26	- Mark me first!
02:16:28	- What odds?
02:16:30	...my lords, protectors
02:16:33	May I first sit down?
02:16:35	Sit. How much will you wager?
02:16:36	- Yes, let's call his game.
02:16:39	A bench, quickly.
02:16:42	Thank you.
02:16:47	- Now.
02:16:49	- 2000!
02:16:52	Your spirit does you credit, but do
02:16:57	First gentlemen, the odds.
02:17:01	The tribune has won many times. The
02:17:05	What is your pleasure, gentlemen?
02:17:09	Two to one.
02:17:12	Noble Romans, men of the Tiber,
02:17:16	...where is the courage
02:17:20	I can get better odds
02:17:23	Three to one.
02:17:25	Let us not haggle. Let us be fair.
02:17:28	In four years, the tribune has won
02:17:31	- In all truth...
02:17:35	We know you have good horses,
02:17:40	Did I not tell you?
02:17:44	The Prince of Hur.
02:17:48	Judah Ben Hur.
02:17:51	Prince of Hur?
02:17:53	- He was sent to the galleys years ago.
02:17:56	Returned? Lmpossible.
02:17:59	The divine Tiberius is merciful
02:18:05	Well?
02:18:06	Will no one back the noble tribune
02:18:14	Perhaps I made a mistake
02:18:20	You, tribune...
02:18:22	...will you give me four to one?
02:18:29	Four to one.
02:18:30	Good.
02:18:32	Four to one, sheik. The difference
02:18:37	Or an Arab.
02:18:44	Bravely spoken.
02:18:48	Now we will settle the amount
02:19:03	A thousand talents?
02:19:07	- A thousand talents?
02:19:17	Of course, if it is too much...
02:19:20	A thousand talents it will be.
02:19:23	Agreed.
02:20:11	Treat them well.
02:20:25	You're good fellows.
02:20:27	If only men were this good.
02:20:32	Remember, Altair...
02:20:33	...nine times around the circus.
02:20:38	Aldebaran.
02:20:43	Rigel, did you hear?
02:20:46	Nine lives to live.
02:20:49	My swift fellow.
02:20:52	You must not win the race
02:20:56	You win the last time around.
02:21:00	And you cannot win alone.
02:21:07	Steady Antares.
02:21:10	Like a rock.
02:21:13	You will be our anchor.
02:21:22	I thought they'd never love
02:21:25	They have taken me into their family.
02:21:29	Rest well, my stars.
02:21:31	Tomorrow we go up to the city.
02:21:34	Then if you defeat Messala and
02:21:38	...the news will scorch the streets
02:21:41	Pontius Pilate here?
02:21:42	Yes, and ready to grind
02:21:45	You will make him see
02:21:49	I only know that
02:22:08	Look for the yoke.
02:22:12	Ease that strap.
02:22:55	God forgive me for seeking vengeance,
02:22:59	lnto Your hands I commit my life.
02:23:19	The Star of David.
02:23:21	To shine out for your people
02:23:25	...and blind the eyes of Rome.
02:23:30	They are ready.
02:23:59	Easy, girl, easy.
02:24:41	Number five.
02:24:43	Where is number five?
02:25:16	This is the day, Judah.
02:25:21	Yes, this is the day.
02:25:27	Look, he's driving a Greek chariot.
02:25:47	Judah, be careful.
02:26:02	Hail, Jupiter. Give me victory.
02:29:46	Watch your line! lKeep your places!
02:30:13	The formation is good.
02:30:37	Citizens...
02:30:39	...I welcome you to these games
02:30:44	We dedicate them to his glory...
02:30:47	...and to the glory of Rome...
02:30:50	...of which you are all part.
02:30:56	Let us honor those
02:31:00	They come here from Alexandria...
02:31:02	...Messina...
02:31:04	...Carthage...
02:31:05	...Cyprus...
02:31:07	...Rome...
02:31:08	...Corinth...
02:31:10	...Athens...
02:31:11	...Phrygia...
02:31:13	...and Judea.
02:31:23	To the best of these,
02:31:27	The race begins.
02:31:29	Hail, Caesar!
02:35:35	Come, my children, come!
02:35:54	The Roman pig!
02:42:28	Salute.
02:42:44	A great victory.
02:42:46	You are the people's one true god...
02:42:49	...for the time being.
02:42:51	Permit us to worship.
02:43:01	I crown their god.
02:43:23	I will send for you.
02:43:28	A long life, young Arrius
02:43:57	We cannot wait, tribune.
02:44:10	We cannot wait any longer, tribune.
02:44:12	He will come!
02:44:18	He will come.
02:44:20	I've sent for him, and he will come.
02:44:24	If you wish us to keep you alive,
02:44:29	Do you understand?
02:44:30	To hack the legs off me?
02:44:33	Not yet. Not till I've seen him.
02:44:37	I don't receive him with half a body.
02:44:53	No!
02:45:02	I told you, Drusus. I told you.
02:45:06	Here he is.
02:45:43	Triumph complete, Judah.
02:45:46	The race won. The enemy destroyed.
02:45:54	I see no enemy.
02:45:58	What do you think you see?
02:46:00	The smashed body of a wretched animal?
02:46:06	There's enough of a man
02:46:15	Let me help you.
02:46:31	You think they're dead,
02:46:35	Dead. And the race over.
02:46:40	It isn't over, Judah.
02:46:43	They're not dead.
02:46:50	Where are they?
02:47:04	Where are they?
02:47:09	Where are they?!
02:47:14	Look for them...
02:47:16	...in the Valley of the Lepers...
02:47:22	...if you can recognize them.
02:47:40	It goes on.
02:47:43	It goes on, Judah.
02:47:47	The race...
02:47:51	The race is not over.
02:49:47	ls there a way down here?
02:49:49	Are you a madman?
02:50:41	Man.
02:50:47	I'm searching for two women,
02:50:55	There are many women.
02:50:58	Of the family of Hur.
02:51:03	We have no names here.
02:52:05	For them?
02:52:11	- Why did you say they were dead?
02:52:14	You must not betray this faith.
02:52:18	Not to see them?
02:52:20	They are coming.
02:52:22	Love them in the way they must need
02:52:27	Let them be as if you had
02:53:44	ls Judah well?
02:53:47	ls he happy?
02:53:50	Yes, he is well.
02:53:56	Your mind can be at rest for him.
02:53:59	He is well, Miriam.
02:54:11	God be with you.
02:54:49	They have gone.
02:54:57	We can go back.
02:55:03	Go back to what?
02:55:08	Judah, they have one blessing left.
02:55:11	To think you remember them
02:55:16	...and live your own life.
02:55:21	Forget what is here.
02:55:23	Forget?
02:55:27	It's as though
02:55:29	- But what can you do?
02:55:32	How could you have suffered them
02:55:35	No, Judah, please! Judah!
02:55:42	Think, Judah, think. It would
02:56:55	He is here. I have found Him.
02:56:59	And the man, I know it now,
02:57:08	The promise is true.
02:57:11	Happy Balthasar.
02:57:15	Life has been answered.
02:57:17	God has answered it.
02:57:34	Come. Come with me.
02:57:39	When the Romans were marching me
02:57:42	...thirst had nearly killed me.
02:57:44	A man gave me water to drink.
02:57:47	I went on living.
02:57:49	I should have done better
02:57:53	No.
02:57:55	I am thirsty still.
02:57:57	Come and listen.
02:58:01	I have business with Rome.
02:58:05	You insist on death.
02:58:12	Goodbye, Judah.
03:00:07	You sent for me?
03:00:08	I hope I bring you
03:00:11	I have a message for you
03:00:16	- I honor him.
03:00:20	You have been made a citizen of Rome.
03:00:26	Do you say nothing to this?
03:00:31	I have just come
03:00:34	...where my mother and sister live
03:00:38	By Rome's will,
03:00:43	I have heard this. There was great
03:00:48	Their flesh is mine, Lord Pilate.
03:00:53	Messala is dead.
03:00:56	The deed was not Messala's.
03:00:59	Before the cruelty of Rome
03:01:02	Rome destroyed Messala as surely
03:01:07	Where there is greatness,
03:01:12	...even great feeling or compassion...
03:01:14	...error also is great.
03:01:17	We progress and mature by fault.
03:01:19	Rome has said she is ready to join
03:01:23	There are other voices.
03:01:25	The voice, for instance, of Arrius
03:01:28	He would tell you,
03:01:31	...not to crucify yourself
03:01:35	...or impossible loyalties.
03:01:37	Perfect freedom has no existence.
03:01:40	A grown man knows the world
03:01:43	And for the present, the world is Rome.
03:01:47	Young Arrius, I am sure,
03:01:52	I am Judah Ben-Hur.
03:02:06	I cross this floor
03:02:09	...as I would speak to Arrius.
03:02:11	But when I go up those stairs,
03:02:15	...ready to crush those
03:02:19	There are too many men
03:02:21	...who try to disrupt
03:02:23	You have become the victor
03:02:27	They look to you,
03:02:31	If you stay here, you will find
03:02:36	I am already part of this tragedy.
03:02:45	Return this to Arrius.
03:02:49	I honor him too well
03:03:01	Even for Arrius' sake,
03:03:04	...from personal disaster
03:03:07	You are too great a danger.
03:03:25	Leave Judea.
03:03:29	You have my word.
03:04:05	I was afraid
03:04:08	...afraid of what would happen to you.
03:04:12	But I see you again.
03:04:16	Your father's waiting for me.
03:04:23	Where is he?
03:04:27	What do you mean to do?
03:04:40	Rest, sleep.
03:04:42	For a few hours of the night
03:04:46	Peace?
03:04:47	Love and peace.
03:04:49	Do you think I don't long for them
03:04:53	Where do you see them?
03:04:55	If you had heard this man
03:04:57	Balthasar's word.
03:05:01	He is more than Balthasar's word.
03:05:04	His voiced traveled
03:05:08	It was more than a voice.
03:05:11	A man more than a man.
03:05:17	He said, 'Blessed are the merciful...
03:05:21	...for they shall obtain mercy.
03:05:24	Blessed are the peacemakers...
03:05:27	...for they shall be called
03:05:31	Children of God?
03:05:33	In that dead valley
03:05:36	I tell you every man of Judea is
03:05:40	...until we have scoured off
03:05:43	...of being at the mercy of tyranny.
03:05:46	No other life is possible
03:05:50	- In blood?
03:05:54	I know there is a law in life.
03:05:56	That blood begets more blood
03:06:00	Death generates death...
03:06:02	...as the vulture breeds the vulture.
03:06:06	But the voice I heard today
03:06:09	'Love your enemy.
03:06:11	Do good to those who
03:06:15	All who are born in this land
03:06:18	As you make us do now.
03:06:24	Are we to bear nothing together?
03:06:28	Even love?
03:06:33	I can hardly draw breath...
03:06:36	...without feeling you in my heart.
03:06:40	But I know...
03:06:43	...that everything I do
03:06:46	...bears greater pain
03:06:50	It is better not to love me.
03:06:54	It was Judah Ben-Hur I loved.
03:06:59	You seem to be now the very thing
03:07:02	...giving evil for evil.
03:07:07	It's as though
03:07:18	I've lost you, Judah.
03:08:22	No further.
03:08:25	What are you doing here?
03:08:27	I was here last evening
03:08:30	I have waited all night.
03:08:33	Where is Tirzah?
03:08:38	Leave the food.
03:08:41	I am coming closer. Don't be afraid.
03:08:44	- What are you doing?
03:08:47	I've heard Him again,
03:08:49	If ever words were from God,
03:08:54	I cannot bear that
03:08:57	...this hand of quiet
03:09:02	He is going to Jerusalem.
03:09:05	Bring Tirzah
03:09:10	Tirzah is dying.
03:09:19	Leave the food and go.
03:09:24	It's Judah.
03:09:29	Why did you tell him?
03:09:32	Yes, Judah, yes.
03:09:35	No nearer, please, God, no nearer.
03:09:38	Mother.
03:09:42	Wait, Mother, wait.
03:09:45	Let me talk with you.
03:09:47	Please.
03:09:48	No, no further. Please.
03:09:51	No, Judah. Son, no.
03:09:56	Mother, let me see Tirzah.
03:09:59	Tirzah is dying.
03:10:11	Judah, if they would see Jesus
03:10:14	...that life is everlasting...
03:10:16	...and death is nothing to fear
03:10:23	I will take them to Him.
03:10:26	No!
03:10:28	God, no!
03:10:44	No, no, dear son.
03:10:48	Mother...
03:10:52	...where is Tirzah?
03:10:56	Judah, no.
03:10:59	Judah, no.
03:11:09	You must not go to her, dear son.
03:11:14	Please.
03:11:16	Dear son.
03:12:08	I am afraid.
03:12:11	No cause.
03:12:14	The world is more than we know.
03:12:53	Tirzah, it's Judah.
03:12:58	No, Judah.
03:13:44	Alms for the blind?
03:13:48	Alms for the blind?
03:13:53	Alms for the blind?
03:13:58	- Why are the streets deserted?
03:14:02	Trial? Whose trial?
03:14:05	The young rabbi from Nazareth.
03:14:09	- This cannot be true.
03:14:12	What has he done?
03:14:14	Nothing I know of.
03:14:18	Help for the blind.
03:14:20	- Look, lepers!
03:14:23	Get away! Stay away!
03:14:27	Go away!
03:16:48	Lepers! Lepers!
03:17:12	How can this be?
03:17:23	I know this man.
03:17:39	Will someone help Him?
03:17:49	Take pity on Him.
03:17:57	Have mercy.
03:18:21	In His pain...
03:18:24	...this look of peace.
03:18:28	Watch over them, Esther.
03:19:08	We must go back.
03:19:10	I brought you here to this...
03:19:13	...when I hoped...
03:19:18	You haven't failed, Esther.
03:19:39	Hail King of the Jews!
03:22:19	This is where your search
03:22:30	He gave me water...
03:22:32	...and a heart to live.
03:22:37	What has He done to merit this?
03:22:41	He has taken the world
03:22:46	To this end He said He was born...
03:22:50	...in that stable...
03:22:53	...where I first saw Him.
03:22:59	For this cause,
03:23:09	For this death?
03:23:13	This beginning.
03:23:47	I have lived too long.
03:24:21	As though He were carrying
03:24:24	...the pain of the world.
03:24:28	So fearful, and yet why is it...
03:24:32	...I'm not afraid anymore?
03:24:44	The shadow of a storm.
03:25:12	A strange darkness...
03:25:14	...but still day.
03:25:25	His life is over.
03:25:49	What is it?
03:25:59	This tearing.
03:26:02	I am in pain.
03:26:04	I feel it too.
03:26:51	Do you see your hand?
03:29:32	Almost at the moment He died...
03:29:36	...I heard Him say,
03:29:39	...for they know not what they do.'
03:29:44	Even then.
03:29:46	Even then.
03:29:53	And I felt His voice take
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