Trial Before Pilate - Victor Brox, Ian Gillan, Barry Dennen

Pilate

And so the king

Is once again my guest

And why is this?

Was Herod unimpressed?

Caiaphas

We turned to Rome

To sentence Nazareth

We have no law

To put a man to death

We need him crucified

It’s all you have to do Pilate

Talk to me, Jesus Christ

You have been brought here

Manacled, beaten by your own people

Do you have the first idea

Why you deserve it?

Listen, king of the Jews,

Where is your kingdom?

Look at me Am I a Jew?

Jesus

I have got no kingdom

In this world

I’m through, through, through

There may be a kingdom for me Somewhere if I only knew

Pilate

You’re a king

Jesus

Yes you can see I am

I look for truth

And find that I get damned

Pilate

What is truth?

Is truth unchanging law?

We both have truths

Are mine the same as yours?

Crowd

Crucify him, crucify him!

Pilate

What do you mean

You’d crucify your king?

Crowd

We have no king but Caesar

Pilate

He’s done no wrong

No, not the slightest thing

Crowd

We have no king but Caesar

Crucify him!

Pilate

I see no reason

I find no evil

This man is harmless

So why does he upset you?

He’s just misguided

Thinks he’s important

But to keep you vultures happy

I shall flog him

Crowd

Crucify!

Crucify!

Pilate (Counting off the 39 Lashes)

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

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Eight!

Nine!

Ten!

Eleven!

Twelve!

Thirteen!

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Seventeen!

Eighteen!

Nineteen!

Twenty!

Twenty one!

Twenty two!

Twenty three!

Twenty four!

Twenty five!

Twenty six!

Twenty seven!

Twenty eight!

Twenty nine!

Thirty!

Thirty one!

Thirty two!

Thirty three!

Thirty four!

Thirty

Five!

Thirty six!

Thirty seven!

Thirty eight!

Thirty nine!

Pilate

Where are you from Jesus?

What do you want Jesus?

Tell me!

You’ve got to be careful

You could be dead soon

Could well be Why do you not speak

When I have your life in my hands?

How can you stay quiet?

I don’t believe you understand!

Jesus