Peter Firth credited as playing...
Pilate
- Lucius: [finding a note] "Do not seek me. Do not follow or wander. Persecute no one on my behalf. I have seen two things which, which cannot reconcile. A man dead, without question. And that same man alive again. I pursue him, the Nazarene, to ferret the truth. Clavius Aquila Valerius." It's his seal, Sir. Must be a plague.
- Pilate: My right hand turned against me. How could he follow that Hebrew?
- Lucius: Perhaps... it's true.
- Pilate: Well, if it is... I'll kill him again.
- Pilate: Your ambition is noticed. Where do you hope it will lead?
- Clavius: Rome.
- Pilate: And?
- Clavius: Position. Power.
- Pilate: Which brings?
- Clavius: Wealth. A good family. Someday, a place in the country.
- Pilate: Where you'll find?
- Clavius: An end to travail. A day without death. Peace.
- Pilate: All that for peace? Is there no other way?