They were dead. They were dead.
5 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:19:33.538 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I pray to God they're alive and that Messala will free them.
- He'll free them. He wants to survive.
- You saw them? Where? When did you see them?
- They were dead. They were dead.
- When I was waiting for news of my father.
- I couldn't tell you. Nor even you, Father. I was afraid that if you saw Messala...
[...]