Rome's Power Is Crushing IsraelTaxes are high. Poverty is everywhere, but still the Jews have hope, hope in a messiah that would restore them to the days of King David. One such man appears, Jesus of Nazareth. However, the leaders of the Jewish people condemn him to death, using Rome to crucify him. The story that follows is the struggle one young Jew has as he decides if he believes his father, who is in the high council and condemned Jesus, or the scripture he reads and the relat...