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One afternoon, six lives, one hill

Scroll. Time runs downward. Each thread appears when its owner walks into the day, and every one of them thought they were living an ordinary Friday.

  1. 01 · Night

    The garden, and the arrest

    ● Matthew 26:47–56; John 18:1–12

  2. 02 · Night

    The council convenes

    ● Mark 14:53–65

    Joseph & Nicodemus

  3. 03 · Night

    The cell: two thieves and a rebel

    ○ Original to the series

    DemasBar-Abba

  4. 04 · Dawn

    Before Pilate

    ● Mark 15:1–5; John 18:28–38

    Joseph & Nicodemus

  5. 05 · Morning

    The Pavement — the crowd chooses a name; the irons change hands

    ● Matthew 27:15–26; John 19:13

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  6. 06 · Morning

    The road out, and the crossbeam

    ● Luke 23:26–32; John 19:17

    DemasLonginus

  7. 07 · Third hour

    Crucified

    ● Mark 15:24–27

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  8. 08 · Third hour

    The women, at a distance

    ● Mark 15:40–41

    Mary of Magdala

  9. 09 · Third hour

    The councillors, at a distance

    ○ Original to the series

    Joseph & Nicodemus

  10. 10 · Sixth hour

    Darkness

    ● Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44–45

    DemasLonginusBar-AbbaJoseph & NicodemusMary of MagdalaMiriam

  11. 11 · Ninth hour

    Today — the promise from the middle cross

    ● Luke 23:39–43

    Demas

  12. 12 · Ninth hour

    The death, and the confession

    ● Mark 15:34–39; Luke 23:46–47

    Longinus

  13. 13 · Ninth hour

    The spear

    ● John 19:31–37

    Longinus

  14. 14 · Evening

    Joseph before Pilate; the body asked for

    ● Mark 15:42–45

    Joseph & Nicodemus

  15. 15 · Dusk

    The washing, the spices, the borrowed tomb

    ● John 19:38–42; Luke 23:55–56

    Joseph & NicodemusMary of Magdala

  16. 16 · Dusk

    The stone rolled in; the seal; the watch

    ● Matthew 27:60, 62–66

    Longinus

  17. 17 · Sabbath

    Nothing. A whole day of nothing.

    ● Luke 23:56

  18. 18 · Before dawn

    The grey road, the spice jars, who will roll the stone?

    ● Mark 16:1–3

    Mary of Magdala

  19. 19 · First light

    He is not here

    ● Mark 16:4–6; Matthew 28:5–6

    Mary of Magdala

  20. 20 · Morning

    An idle tale

    ● Luke 24:9–11

    Mary of Magdala

  21. 21 · Later

    The garden. He says her name.

    ● John 20:11–18

    Mary of Magdala

Six people walked up that road strangers to one another. Not one of them walked back down the same.