Great Performances (TV Series)

Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)

Frederick B. Owens: Caiaphas

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• Judas : I haven't thought at all about my own reward; I didn't really come here of my own accord. Just don't say I'm damned for all time!

  Annas : Cut the protesting, forget the excuses. We want information, get up off the floor!

  Caiaphas : We have the papers we need to arrest him. You know his movements, we know the law.

  Annas : Your help in this matter will not go unrewarded.

  Caiaphas : We'll pay you in silver, cash on the nail. We just need to know where the soldiers can find him...

  Annas : With no crowd around him.

  Caiaphas : Then we can't fail.

  Judas : I don't need your blood money!

  Caiaphas : Oh, that doesn't matter, our expenses our good.

  Judas : I don't want your blood money!

  Annas : But you might as well take it. We think that you should.

  Caiaphas : Think of the things you could do with that money. Choose any charity - give to the poor. We've noted your motives, we've noted your feelings. This isn't blood money, it's a fee, nothing... fee, nothing... fee, nothing more.

• Caiaphas : (to the Pharises) Fools! You have no perception! The stakes that we're gambling are frightfully high! We must crush him completely! So, like John before him, this Jesus must die! For the sake of the nation, this Jesus must die!

• Caiaphas : I see bad things arising! They would make king whom the Romans would ban! I see blood and destruction, our elimination because of one man!

• Pontious Pilate : And so this king is once again my guest. And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed?

  Caiaphas : We turn 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.

  Caiaphas , Annas : We need him crucified. It's all you have to do.