THE PEOPLE
[Are silent and tense in expectation. Most of them have picked up stones.]
JOSAPHAT
[Who stands to the left of John on a lower step, hands him a stone, and says in a low voice.] Take this stone! [More urgently.] Take this stone!
JOHN
[Takes the stone.]
HEROD
Thou on the steps. Knowest thou me not?
JOSAPHAT
[Whispers.] Hurl the stone!