It's a moving, gripping scene...
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It's a moving, gripping scene. It's the best scene in the movie, The Greatest Story Ever Told. The camera looks out from the darkened tomb into the face of Jesus as he prays. Then it cuts to a long shot from the foot of the hill, and we join the crowd, buzzing with excitement, as they watch Lazarus come out. Three people from the crowd get really excited and they begin running. As they run the short distance from Bethany to the walls of Jerusalem, we notice who they are; we've seen these folks earlier in the movie. One is the man born blind, having no trouble seeing where he is going. One is the cripple who not only walks, now he's running. One is a disciple who is struggling with his faith. As they run on toward Jerusalem, we hear the music coming up from a whisper. It gradually gets louder, and we know this familiar music; it's the "Hallelujah Chorus." The three runners breathlessly reach the city walls and, as the music pauses, each in turn shouts out to the sentries on the wall, "The blind see," "The lame walk," and "The dead now live!" And the music returns in a crescendo with its "Hallelujah!"
-- Mosley
-- Mosley
