The Power of the Resurrection

[first lines]

Guard:
The one called Marcus.

Peter:
I'm the one you want.

Marcus:
No, Peter!

Guard:
We'll get around to you later.

Young Man:
I can't face it. I can't!

Peter:
Come, come.

Young Man:
If I were brave like you, it would be different. You don't know how it feels!

Peter:
Inside you there's a pounding like your heart might burst... in the pit of your stomach, there's a knot... you want to run away but you can't... so if all the others weren't here, you'd cry like a child. Oh, yes - I know what it feels like to be afraid.

[last lines]

Guard:
You there - the one called Peter.

Peter:
Yes?

Guard:
You're next.

Peter:
Of course.

[to the young man]

Peter:
Well, lad...

Young Man:
Christ be with you, Peter... and I would like you to know that from now on he lives within me, too.