Watch and Discuss: Scene 27 (1:34:15 - 1:37:45)

As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions after you watch the video:

1. Describe the conditions and the way people were treated in Roman jails?
2. Where did Jesus look when He spoke of His kingdom?
3. What did the Roman governor offer Jesus?
4. Who do you think was the woman who spoke to the governor? Describe her.
5. How many priests came to speak with the Roman governor about Jesus?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:

Pilate: So tell me who you are. Are you the King of the Jews?

Jesus: Are you asking or is it a coming from others?

Pilate: Are you a king? That's what your own people and Chief Priest tell me you to be.

Jesus: My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my would fight my arrest. My Kingdom is from another place.

Pilate: You are a king, then?

Jesus: You say that I am a king. I have been born and come into the world to to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.

Pilate: Truth? What is truth?

Claudia: That's him. The man I saw in the , that's him.

Pilate: They want him .

Claudia: You can't.

Pilate: They say he could start a .

Claudia: You mustn't!

Pilate: If I don't, Caiaphas will any rebellion on me. And Caesar will see it as my failure. He's warned me once; he's not going to me again. I'll be finished. We'll be finished.

He's guilty of nothing more than being .

Caiaphas: He has broken the Law.

Pilate: Your law not Caesar's.

Caiaphas: Prefect, we cannot be held responsible for what the people may do today, with their eyes on God, if you a man who has broken our sacred laws.

Pilate: The people? Caesar I can release a prisoner at Passover. Let the people decide which of the prisoners I hold will be executed.

Get him out and teach him some respect. Forty .

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

1. I him for the accident.
2. The captain ordered the sailor to get 20 as punishment for stealing.
3. He his pet birds from their cage each day.
4. We were shocked by the governmental banning all public meetings.
5. The Industrial changed how people worked and lived.
6. One polished the silver, and another prepared the tea.
7. He was in thinking that he was an important man.
8. Two witnesses against the defendant.

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

1. What did Jesus say He came into the world to do?
2. What do you think Jesus meant when He said, "My Kingdom is from another place"?
3. What did the priests want Pilate, the Roman governor, to do?
4. Where had Claudia seen Jesus before? What did she want Pilate to do?
5. Who did Pilate say could start a rebellion?
6. Why would a rebellion in Judea be a very bad thing for Pilate?
7. What tradition did Roman governors follow on important festivals like Passover?
8. How did Pilate say he would decide who would be executed?