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SCENE 5
(At Headquarters, everyone is working. Knox and Bree enter in a
hurry.)
JANE: Knox! Bree! What's wrong?
(Everyone gathers center stage to hear the news.)
KNOX: This city has gone crazy!
CHIEF: Again? Now what happened?
BREE: Jesus was arrested.
ALL: (ad lib. "what?" "I can't believe it?" "why?" etc.)
KNOX: It seems He was betrayed by one of His followers.
CHIEF: (interrupting) I knew it! A double agent!
BREE: (continuing) Then Caiaphas, the Chief Priest had Jesus
arrested.
GADGET: What's going to happen?
BREE: I don't know. I heard they sent Him to Pilate and he had Jesus
beaten pretty badly.
(Dee comes running in.)
NUMBERS: Dee! Are you okay?
DEE: Have you heard what's happening?
ALL: (ad lib. "Yes!" "we heard," "can't believe it," etc.)
DEE: (out of breath) There was a mob of people … Pilate said he
would release a prisoner … Jesus or Barabbas. The mob
shouted for him to release Barabbas. Jesus is going to be
crucified!
ALL: (ad lib. "What?!" "No!" etc.)
DEE: What do we do, Chief?
(music begins to "Upon the Cross")
CHIEF: I don't know. I don't know, Dee. This is unbelievable news. I
don't know what to make of it.
SONG 6: "UPON THE CROSS"
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