of his territory, the area of judea. there are several episodes recorded by josephus where eschatological prophets emerge, and pilate has no hesitation in eliminating them or in suppressing episodes of potential conflict or revolt within that territory. ( murmur of crowd ) >> people from all over the empire went to jerusalem on passover. it's one of the most populated times in the whole city. it's a madhouse. there are extra animals being brought up-- sheep-- because of the passover holiday. there are pilgrims coming in from everywhere. and jesus comes up to town, too. he could have stayed home and had passover in the galilee, but he didn't. he's up in jerusalem because this is important. pilate would get nervous when there were crowds of jews, and, of course, he was legally responsible to be up in jerusalem when it was the most crowded of all. he would leave this very nice, plush, seaside town in caesarea, which was, you know, a nice pagan city, plenty of pagan altars, all the stuff he wanted-- and have to go up to jeru

that's impressive and meant to impress. >> sherrod -- herod ruled judea and palestine from 37 to 4bc.> he built -- rebuilt the second temple, made it much larger and more lavish. redid and improved the water system in jerusalem. built the palace and he built where we are now, herodium, another fortress palace. >> respected as israel's greatest builder but a paranoid madman who killed his wife, three children, and the rabbis of the jewish dynasty. in matthew's gospel when the magi follow the star to jerusalem and ask herod where the king of the jews has been born, he commands his soldiers to kill all the babies in bethlehem. the slaughter of the innocents. >> would mary and joseph felt oppressed? i would have. in their position, already feeling threatened, just from the years of roman rule, this would have been a very intimidating place for them. >> why are luke and matthew's stories so different? >> different audience, different geography, different authorship, different needs for the community. the gospels are four different perspectives on jesus' life. in matthew, jesus says i've co

there's a lion asleep in judea. who will wake him? pewsycat cannot arise lion.t takes lions who roar to awaken a lion that has been trained to think he's a pussycat. now martin king on the last night of his life, and i have to say this as a follower of the honorable elijah mohammed, i grew to love dr. king more in death than i ever appreciated him in life. and it is a grave injustice to narrow that man's life down to some cheap words, i have a dream. they did not kill our brother because he had a dream! they killed him because he was on an evolutionary path of growth and development and if you hear the final words that he spoke, you would know why they assassinated him. but he said i'm not -- that's our problem. we are fearing men. that's what chokes us when we meet the adversary. we talk with garbled speech because we want to win friends rather than tell the truth that justice may come. i'm not fearing any man. i have been to the mountain top. i have looked over and i have seen not the promised sky, not a false promise of nearness to our oppressor and a little

tzedakiah was the last king of judea. >> tears for the destruction of the temple. >> the nation.>> do we think that these tears, this mineral spring, has been running since then? >> well, i think it's running since many, many years. for sure it's more than 2,000 years old. >> and it's really interesting because look, there are people here, there are people all over the place. it's still a living, breathing place. >> reporter: which allows the people who visit to connect with their spiritual heritage. >> it's important for us to touch the history of this place and to feel this energy. it makes us cleaner. >> pure? >> pure. in your soul. >> in our soul. >> right here. >> yeah. >> a profound revelation for these christian pilgrims and one often shared by muslims, jews, and even those who come to visit for reasons other than faith. >> believers and non-believers come here. what do you think about them? do you think they -- >> if somebody feels the energy of the place, he doesn't have to be a believer in a certain kind of tradition or certain kind of belief but where he touched the st