03:04 PM - easterLIVE: Jerusalem. 33AD. It's the start of the Jewish passover. A notoriously busy and troublesome time in the holy capital.

05:27 PM - easterLIVE: Crowds swelling. Expectant. Last minute preparations for Passover. What does this year hold?

07:59 PM - easterLIVE: Rumours. Rumours of a radical. It all kicks off tomorrow...

09:01 AM - Shimon: Passover!! I love this time of year .. this place is buzzing.

09:08 AM - Markus: Too busy. I hate this time of year. Passover? More like pissover, don’t get any overtime for doing this extra work.

10:03 AM - Justus: Its nuts down there - the East gate is rammed.

10:11 AM - Shimon: Have heard about this guy Jesus, he comes from Nazareth. There are lots of rumours about him, I wonder if any of them are true.

10:13 AM - Justus: This guy must be special - everyones laying down palm branches. He's on a donkey isn't he?!

11:30 AM - Andrew: The people see him as a Messiah too!

11:40 AM - Reuben: He’s either mad or bad – or maybe the one we’ve all been waiting for – so many questions, and I must get to meet him!

01:15 PM - Antonius: RT #MarkusLIVE Too busy. I hate this time of year… Yeah, and add this 'Messiah' nonsense to the equation.

07:00 PM - Miriam: Jesus rode past me today, on a donkey. I thought he was a King, he had no crown, and what king rides a donkey?

08:00 PM - Andrew: The Master has gathered us all together. Should we be feeling excited or afraid? I don't know.

08:30 AM - Yossi: This Jesus, caused a lot of trouble in Galilee. Dangerous nonsense. We're watching.

10:12 AM - Justus: That bloke's trashing the temple up - the one the Jews were waving palm leaves at! Whats he doin?

10:14 AM - Justus: Ha ha Carnage down there man! Animals everywhere - gunna be several people regretting hyping that guy up so much!

10:18 AM - Yossi: 'My father's house is one of prayer, and you've turned it into a den of thieves.' Thought he wasn’t supposed to have a father!?

10:19 AM - Antonius: Patrolling the Temple Court Yard. Sighted the Nazarene, he's causing an uproar

11:00 AM - Markus: Right, job done. Let's hope the rest of the day's not like that – the whole week, in fact. Got me running around like a mug.

01:04 PM - Ora: Walking to the Temple to celebrate with my son, restless expectation hovers in the air. Something waits to reveal itself.

01:20 PM - Reuben: I can't get to him  - too many in the crowd - but I can hear his teaching - what authority! My training doesn't touch his wisdom

01:34 PM - Shimon: Done all the jobs. Temple tax paid. Offering, ready. It’s PARTY time.

02:53 PM - Andrew: The Master seems poised and purposeful. Feel nervous tho - and so do the rest of the guys.

04:47 PM - Justus: Gunna be a mad few days now. Everyones talkin about this Jesus fella - causing a right storm. The jewish leaders are hating it!

07:02 PM - Miriam: I don’t get it. Jesus was so angry, just kicked people out of the temple. Are kings supposed to get like that?

07:30 PM - Reuben: Just like an old school prophet of doom -he’ll suffer for it also - Isaiah talks of a suffering, rejected Messiah - but is he the one?

10:00 AM - Yossi: Something about destroying the temple and rebuilding it in three days.  I’m sure he said it.

10:45 AM - Shimon: Love your neighbour, he says. Yeah right. They just make a lot of noise and what I am supposed to do, love them.

11:04 AM - Ora: This man has eyes that see and doesn't hide himself when he speaks. My heart wants to trust him, yet I don't, why?

12:00 PM - Yossi: A word in Caiaphas' ear and Jesus from Nazareth ceases to be a problem!

02:02 PM - Miriam: This Jesus mentioned Heaven being some great party for EVERYONE. How do we get there? Will everybody even fit?

04:49 PM - Justus: I've gotta get in there, see if he can answer some of my questions - the blokes got an answer for everything hasn't he?!

05:00 PM - Markus: Pilate's in a foul mood again. His stupid cow wife's having nightmares again. She should try shift work. See how she sleeps.

05:09 PM - Reuben: Temple, taxes, tenants - he’s amazed us all. Lord show us if he’s the one - but I can’t afford to get caught in the cross-fire.

06:34 PM - Antonius: RT #MarkusLIVE Pilate's at it again, he's all up the hoop. Get a grip and square it away, mate!

10:00 AM - Andrew: In Bethany today as a guest of Simon the Leper. The Master seems relaxed. None of us are.

11:00 AM - Yossi: The High Priests are on board. Jesus to be removed. Before Passover! We don't want any trouble...

11:20 AM - Andrew: A woman's anointed the Master's feet with expensive perfume. What?? Jesus said he's being anointed for burial. Am freaked now.

05:00 PM - Yossi: Found a way to do it. Quietly. One of his folks came to us. We’ll get him at night. Cheap at the price!

05:28 PM - Reuben: I need to know the truth, whatever it costs - the perfume, the preparation, the anointing -actions of a dying man- but messiah?

07:30 PM - Markus: Guard duty again on Friday. Bloody crucifixions. We should have a rota so everyone gets a share of the crap jobs.

08:01 PM - Shimon: Getting pumped for the Passover party. It’s going to be amazing. I love this time of year. Important we do this well

11:22 AM - Ora: Jesus’ words have fallen like rain. Will anything grow from this strange water?  I don't understand what's happening.

12:47 PM - Justus: Everyone's still bangin' on about that Jesus of Nazareth. Dunno when its gunna stop!

02:03 PM - Reuben: Passover with my family - such fun. If he is Messiah, now is the night to show it. But Pilate, Herod, Caiaphas won’t go for it.

05:00 PM - Yossi: Tonight! Judas reckons he knows the best place.

05:30 PM - Andrew: No! The Master says one of us will betray him and hand him over to death. I hope to God not me. Peter's adamant.

06:02 PM - Andrew: He's broken bread and said 'this is my body'. And he says the wine is his blood 'shed for you'. Really not getting it.

06:59 PM - Reuben: The bread of affliction - he blessed it -and said it's the bread of the coming one. He knows his torah. But is he playing games?

07:00 PM - Shimon: Chilling out with friends and family. Reminiscing and thinking about the old days. Looking forward to a chilled out night.

07:06 PM - Andrew: The Master's taken us to the garden in Gethsemane. He's very tense. Something awful's gonna happen. I feel it.

08:10 PM - Miriam: This Passover feels different. I don’t like it. Mummy, please don’t leave me. I’m scared.

09:45 PM - Markus: Pilate's fretting cos his wife is hysterical. Apparently still getting nightmares. Shut up woman! Go back to bed.

10:34 PM - Ora: I can't sleep. My mind and heart are filled with the words and presence of that extraordinary man Jesus.

09:00 AM - Yossi: Got him. Jesus from Nazareth got picked up last night. I don’t think we’ll have any problem with Pilate.

09:59 AM - Antonius: Why is that Nazarene teacher keeping his gob shut? I would dig out if I were him! He’ll end up in the glasshouse.

10:00 AM - Andrew: What? What do we do?

10:12 AM - Markus: Pilate's had enough. Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Barabbas? Ladies and Gentlemen, the choice is yours!

10:15 AM - Justus: Uh oh Jesus is in proper trouble now! Everyones switched sides - they wanna kill him! Big group of em shouting "Crucify Him!"

10:20 AM - Yossi: The crucifixion’s the messy bit. Pilate’s such a wimp!

10:24 AM - Andrew: No. No. NO! OK. Keep calm. Andrew, keep calm... The Master will have a plan. Won't he?

12:01 PM - Markus: We've got Jesus a crown of thorns. Hilarious! If the cap fits wear it..

12:09 PM - Antonius: My opportunity to kick ass. What a scum bag! Here’s a crown for a ‘wannabe King’!

01:04 PM - Ora: NO his poor mother! To see a son, bloodied, broken, stumbling to his death. May her tears blind her so she cannot see.

01:47 PM - Shimon: At Golgotha. The guy Jesus is hanging on a cross. The guards are messing around. The women look pretty cut up about it tbh

02:05 PM - Markus: Right, time to break some legs.

02:20 PM - Reuben: This can’t be right. Led like a lamb to the slaughter - his blood is on our hands - but he looks so loving - he even forgave us.

02:58 PM - Antonius: Bloody hell! What’s with the dark clouds. I feel rotten and He appears to be dead.

03:02 PM - Miriam: We were in the Temple. And the big curtain just tore in two. This is dead scary.

05:10 PM - Andrew: They've taken the Master's body to be buried. This can't be. What do we do now?!!

07:00 PM - Shimon: It’s that time again. Put everything back in the bag ready to head home. Passover's not been the same this year.

09:06 AM - Andrew: How can it be? We are completely clueless. The earth could swallow us up right now. That wouldn't be a bad thing.

11:02 AM - Antonius: Back on stag duty, I’m beginning to wonder could there be more to this Jesus of Nazareth?

02:45 PM - Markus: Don't know what's up with Antonius. He's away with the fairies today!

03:03 PM - Yossi: Jerusalem quiet as the grave. Jesus had it coming. He should have stuck with us.

03:45 PM - Reuben: There must be more than this - can death overcome the one who's to come? Only the God of Israel can raise the dead. God! Listen!

04:04 PM - Ora: Grief heavy as a millstone has filled my stomach. I can't move with its weight. For a son to die like that!

04:54 PM - Andrew: It's a disaster. We gave our lives to Him. There really is nothing that can turn this around.

09:03 AM - Andrew: Mary and Mary say the tomb is empty. Empty! They say the Master is risen. Jesus is risen!!! Can it be?

09:16 AM - Ora: Why is this day so different? Today the air is bright with promise and a beautiful peace rests on the land, rich with hope.

10:11 AM - Justus: Apparently his body has disappeared - this is nuts! People saying Jesus has risen from the dead. Cant be true!

10:40 AM - Antonius: Body disappeared under the noses of my elite guard, can’t believe the incompetence! But something in me hopes...

10:50 AM - Yossi: Stupid rumours. Dead man walking? Not on my watch!

11:00 AM - Miriam: This week's been mental. We’re off to Bethany now. I’m so excited! I feel much happier now.

11:30 AM - Reuben: No body, soldiers fled, his followers missing - what’s going on? Could it be as the scriptures foretold? A grave misunderstanding?

12:00 PM - Andrew: It's TRUE!! He's with us again. Speechless! What now Master? What now LORD?!!