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"[breaking bread during the Last Supper] Blessed you are you, oh Master, Our King of the Universe that gives us the bread, fruit of the Earth. Take, eat, therefore this is my body that will be given by you, do this in my memory. [pours wine] Blessed you are you, oh Master, Our King of the Universe that gives us the wine, fruit of the Vineyard. Take, drink, therefore this is my blood that will be spilled by many for the pardon of sins."

"[on the cross] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

"Behold, the sign of the pagan. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, so shall he send hosts to destroy the idol worshippers. The day is coming when the sword shall descend upon her legions. Her mighty kings and princes shall grow feeble. Her stolen treasures made worthless. Her cities shall crumble into dusts. We shall raise our voice and be heard."

"[to Lucius, who is about to arrest him] Take me. But, you cannot stop Him who comes after me."

"Caesar could find no Jew to press Rome's laws on this fallen land. So, Caesar named one Herod the Great, an Arab of the Bedouin tribe as the new false and maleficent King of the Jews."

"From the dusts at Herod's feet, rebellions of Jews rose up. And Herod, in reply, planted evil seeds from which forests of Roman crosses grew high on Jerusalem's hills."

"Trapped in this darkness, the Jews survived, by one promise: God would send a Messiah to deliver them forth."

"Herod the Great, crushed by his many murders, self-crucified, fell dead. And Herod Antipas took murder for his crown."

"For Jesus saw his own disciples doubt him. Awed by his miracles, faithful to him; yet, still they wondered why the Messiah could not raise up miraculous armies to strike Judea free. Could simple love and brotherhood be weapons against Rome?"

"Herod Antipas: [observing John the Baptist from a distance] One more Messiah on the way. Do these Jews never tire of inventing deliverers?"

"Pontius Pilate: There are no such things as miracles. Only fools who believe in them."

"Barabbas: We need more fighters and fewer prophets."

"Barabbas: Judas dreams. And all dreamers are fools."

"The Power - The Passion - The Greatness - The Glory"

"The most exciting human drama the screen has ever told. A story of the Christ, His life, His deeds, the inspiration of His spoken words."

"Of good and evil, of love and hate, of peace and war."

"A Story of The Christ. The Glory of His Spoken Words."

"Jeffrey Hunter — Jesus"

"Siobhán McKenna — Mary"

"Robert Ryan — John the Baptist"

"Ron Randell — Lucius of Cyrene"

"Hurd Hatfield — Pontius Pilate"

"Viveca Lindfors - Claudia Procula"

"Rita Gam - Herodias"

"Carmen Sevilla - Mary Magdalene"

"Brigid Bazlen - Salomé"

"Harry Guardino - Barabbas"

"Rip Torn - Judas Iscariot"

"Frank Thring - Herod Antipas"

"Guy Rolfe - Caiaphas"

"Royal Dano - Peter"

"Edric Connor - Balthazar"

"Maurice Marsac - Nicodemus"

"Grégoire Aslan - Herod the Great"

"George Coulouris - a camel driver"

"Conrado San Martín - Pompey"

"Gérard Tichy - Joseph"

"Antonio Mayans - John the Apostle"

"Luis Prendes - Dismas, the Penitent thief"

"David Davies - burly man"

"José Nieto - Caspar"

"Rubén Rojo - Matthew"

"Fernando Sancho - the demon-possessed man"

"Michael Wager - Thomas"

"Félix de Pomés - Joseph of Arimathea"

"Adriano Rimoldi - Melchior"

"Barry Keegan - Gestas, the Impenitent thief"

"Rafael Luis Calvo - Simon of Cyrene"

"Tino Barrero - Andrew"

"Paco Morán - blind man of Bethsaida"