{{quote|Rather than the self-interested, conspiratorial priests of the Gospel of Mark or DeMille's The King of Kings, Superstar'''s priests decide that "this Jesus must die ...for the sake of the nation".
The priests in Superstar's story are different from the self-interested and conspiratorial figures found in Mark's Gospel or DeMille's The King of Kings. They believe that Jesus must die for the good of the nation.