From prison John the Baptist sends messengers to ask Jesus, "Are you he who was to come, or shall we look for another?" Jesus sends John a message of affirmation, bidding messengers to tell the Baptist all they have seen and heard. After they depart Jesus confirms that He is the Messiah and that John the Baptist was His forerunner as prophesied. Dramatically portrayed is Herod's banquet, the dance of Salome, John's the Baptist's arrest, imprisonment and execution. Jesus, told of the Baptist's death, tells His disciples.

Jesus returns to the Temple, overthrows the money changers tables, and in holy wrath denounces their perversion of religion. Jesus' reputation increases and men say He is the Messiah. In an upper room Jesus eats His last supper with the Apostles, takes His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane where He prays, as Judas approaches with the Temple guards and betrays Jesus with a kiss. We witness Jesus trial before Pilate and Herod where He is beaten and mocked by the crowds, Pilate "washes his hands of the affair" and delivers Jesus to the will of Sanhedrin.