father. It is not too late, Peter. Let us--
Judas tries to touch Peter
PETER
Don't you dare touch me!
JUDAS
Hate me for what I have done, I deserve it; but now there is a greater battle. We must save the Rabbi. Sheath your sword for the moment and reach for this higher purpose. We need to pray, Peter.
THOMAS
Pray? Hear him talk of pray. The Rabbi went to the Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed far into the night. We waited, we slept; still, he prayed. What did his prayers do? Tell me Judas, what did his prayers do?
JUDAS
Thomas, what help will it do for the Rabbi if we fight each other instead of--
THOMAS
Answer the question, Judas, what did the prayers of the Rabbi do?
JUDAS
I am guilty. I know it. You don't have to sing it out on the highest
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Those lying lips that kissed the Rabbi in deceit?
JUDAS
These lips that betrayed him are the same lips that desire to save him. These same lips that wail in sorrow are the same lips that fight for his life. These same lips… These same lips... All these same lips want to do is hold up the pillar before it falls and shatters forever. Join me. Let us pray.
THOMAS
Pray to whom? To a God who stands aside while his servant is slaughtered? Do you beseech us to pray to the God of the Jews or to the God of Jesus the Nazarene?
JUDAS
Let us then pray to the one true God, the God of Jesus the Messiah.
THOMAS
A Messiah! How can the dead save the living?
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I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.’ Remember, he gave you the name Peter; he gave you power and authority. Use it for the Rabbi now, set him free. You have the keys, whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in the heavens, Peter, decree that the Rabbi step down from that cross and walk free, walk unscathed from the hands of his enemies, save the Messiah,