Daniel and Joel start recruiting new members to help them fight the Romans. Daniel’s first recruit is Nathan, who is about the same age as Daniel and Joel. Nathan’s family has gone through a terrible ordeal that forced his father into making hard choices.
Nathan’s family was unable to raise the mandatory tax imposed by the Romans after their crops were destroyed. This forced his father to accept a job as a tax collector for the Romans, a position viewed with the utmost contempt by the Jewish community. The only other choice he had was to sell his daughter into slavery, which he couldn’t do. The negative sentiments culminated in violence against his son.
Nathan was violently attacked by a group of Jewish boys as a result. Daniel offered to help Nathan settle scores with the boys and later asks him to join his group of Zealots. Nathan joins the cause for his family and, in extension, for the Jewish community, because he traces his predicament to the Romans.
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