Jairus Quotes in The Miracle Maker (2000)
Jairus Quotes:
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Jairus: Master, come with us. Sit by our fire.
Cleopas: There are many things we don't understand.
Jesus: [distracted] I will come and talk to you Cleopas. I... I promise... Jairus... very soon and we... we will talk about many things.
[walks toward the Garden of Olives]
Tamar: Where are you going?
Jesus: You can't come with me now.
[kneels before her]
Jesus: But one day you will.
Tamar: [sad] I don't *want* you to go.
Jesus: Shh, shh don't be upset. Don't be afraid. In my Father's house there are so many rooms,
[smiles]
Jesus: *so* many.
[he embraces Tamar]
Jesus: I'm going to find a wonderful place for you. One day, you will always be with me.
-- Jairus -
Rachel: We must take her to him.
Jairus: What?
Rachel: We must take her to Jesus.
Jairus: Rachel...
[Cleopas arrives]
Rachel: Oh Cleopas... you must tell him.
Cleopas: How is she?
Rachel: She's dying.
Jairus: No! She is not dying Rachel!
Rachel: Oh Jairus! Are you that afraid of them? They have such a hold over your life!
Jairus: God is my life! Not man... not any man!
Cleopas: I think we should listen to this Jesus.
Jairus: What?
Cleopas: No one ever lost their soul by listening to a liar. Only by believing him and following him. And if he speaks the truth...
Simon the Pharisee: The truth?
Cleopas: We have nothing to fear from the truth, do we?
Simon the Pharisee: No, no. We must question Jesus, see how he defends himself.
Rachel: Yes! We must listen.
Simon the Pharisee: Why should the people think their leaders do not listen? I will invite Jesus and his band of followers to my home, and we'll see whether he really is God's prophet.
-- Jairus -
Jairus: [despondent] No cure?
Doctor: There is medicine that um...
[hands over glass vial]
Doctor: why should I deceive you?
Jairus: [takes medicine] What will this do?
Doctor: It will ease the pain.
-- Jairus -
Jairus: We were walking the way to Emmaus.
Cleopas: To my cousin's house. The women and children had gone ahead.
Jairus: We agreed to meet at Emmaus, hide there for a few days and travel back.
Cleopas: When this man came up to us...
Jesus: Hello! Do you mind if I join you?
Cleopas: [surprised] No... um... no.
[beat]
Jesus: [breaking the silence] It um... sounded like an interesting conversation.
Cleopas: Some things are too terrible to explain.
Jesus: Oh? What things?
Jairus: What things? The terrible death of Jesus from Galilee.
Jesus: Tell me about it.
Cleopas: Tell you? Where have you been?
Jairus: We believed he was a great... prophet.
[shakes head]
Jairus: More than that.
Cleopas: That he was the chosen one who would... save Israel.
Jesus: Oh the Messiah!
Jairus: But how could the Messiah die the death of a common criminal?
Jesus: [chuckles] Oh foolish men. You're so learned. You talk of prophets, have you never read the prophets? You talk of the Messiah - don't you understand that he *had* to die? Don't you understand the scriptures at all?
-- Jairus -
Simon Peter: The Lord! I... he was... I thought they'd taken the body!
James the Disciple: Who?
Simon Peter: Priests! Romans! But... but he was there! In front of my eyes! In front of me! *This* near! Like...
Thomas: [irritated] I cannot believe what I'm hearing.
[walks toward door]
Simon Peter: Thomas! I saw him!
Thomas: You're all crazy, all of you. Dreams, visions, everyone's going mad.
[goes to open the door]
Thomas: I'm leaving.
Cleopas: [burst through door, knocking Thomas to the floor] THE LORD!
Thomas: Ow!
Jairus: [breathless] We... we have...
Cleopas: [excited] We've seen him!
-- Jairus -
Mary Magdalene: [rambling] Thieves! You think I don't see you? The emperor, he told me... I know! Oh!
[looks towards workers]
Mary Magdalene: Oh lovely.
Carpenter: [mockingly] Lovely!
[they laugh]
Foreman: Back to work!
Mary Magdalene: [smiling at Foreman] You like nice things?
Foreman: Get out!
[shoves Mary to the ground]
Foreman: Out!
Mary Magdalene: [screams] Agh!
[Foreman goes to strike her with a scourge, is blocked by Jesus]
Tamar: [points to Jesus] Father.
Mary Magdalene: [whimpering] Mmm...
[Jesus kneels in front of Mary, but she runs away]
Jairus: [dismissive] This is how it is in Sepphoris, an unholy place for the synagogue!
Tamar: Father!
-- Jairus -
Tamar: [gasping for air] Father?
Jairus: [taking her in his arms] Yes, I'm here.
Tamar: Am I going to die?
Jairus: No.
[holds her close]
Jairus: *No.*
Rachel: She keeps saying his name. Jesus.
Tamar: Yes. Take me to Jesus.
Pharisee: [in Jairus' memory] Anyone who follows Jesus is an enemy of God!
Jairus: No.
[Tamar and Rachel weep]
Jairus: No. No I will not listen to them. I will go. I will go to Jesus.
Rachel: You will?
Jairus: Yes.
[points to Tamar]
Jairus: And you will be healed by his power.
[Tamar smiles]
Jairus: By the power of God!
-- Jairus -
Jairus: Master!
[falling at Jesus' feet]
Jairus: Master! Master my little girl...
[Jesus raises Jairus to his feet]
Jairus: she's dying. Please if you could come to my house and lay your hands on her, she will be healed.
Jesus: [places his hands on Jairus' shoulders] Yes. I will, I will come.
Jairus: Oh thank you!
-- Jairus
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