Jesus

Judas, my brother, I have something to tell you. I have a terrible secret from God. You know why I came to Jerusalem?

Judas

Yes. This is where the revolution is going to begin.

Jesus

Last night, Isaiah came to me. He had a prophecy. I saw it written. It said, "He has borne our faults; he was wounded for our transgressions, yet he opened now his mouth. Despised and rejected by all, he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the slaughter."

Judas

I don't understand.

Jesus

Judas, I am the lamb. I'm the one who's going to do.

Judas

Die? You mean you're not the Messiah?

Jesus

I am.

Judas

That can't be. If you're the Messiah, why do you have to die?

Jesus

Listen, at first, I didn't understand myself...

Judas

No, you listen. Every day, you have a different plan. First it's love, then the ax, and now you have to die. What good could that do?

Jesus

God only talks to me a little at a time and tells me as much as I need to know.

Judas

We need you alive!

Jesus

Now I finally understand! All my life-all my life, I've been followed by voices, by footsteps, by shadows. And do you know what that shadow is? The cross. I have to die on the cross, and I have to die willingly. We have to go back to the temple.

Judas

And after you die on the cross, what happens then?

Jesus

I come back to judge the living and the dead.