ing ▁the ▁g osp els ▁in ▁Israel ▁and ▁consult ing ▁Good acre . ▁His ▁first ▁draft ▁was ▁submitted ▁in ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁Draw ing ▁on ▁what ▁he ▁had ▁learned ▁from ▁Jesus ▁of ▁Naz are th , ▁De asy ▁chose ▁to ▁port ray ▁Jesus ▁as ▁the ▁" human ▁character " ▁in ▁Matthew ▁and ▁Mark , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁god - like ▁figure ▁in ▁John . ▁He ▁also ▁incorpor ated ▁Jesus ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁women ▁as ▁written ▁in ▁Luke . ▁For ▁the ▁opening ▁scene ▁of ▁E pisode ▁ 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁opening ▁scene ▁of ▁Down fall ▁( O liver ▁Hir sch b iegel , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ): ▁In ▁it , ▁a ▁pe asant ▁coming ▁to ▁Pass over ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁is ▁fright ened ▁when ▁he ▁comes ▁across ▁the ▁dis ci ples , ▁because ▁they ' ve ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁desert ▁or ▁in ▁Gal ile e ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁They ' ve ▁been ▁sleep ing ▁out ▁and ▁they ▁appear ▁slightly ▁int im id ating ▁to ▁him . ▁It ▁attempts ▁to ▁introduce ▁a ▁world ▁in ▁which ▁Christian ity ▁didn ' t ▁yet ▁exist ▁and ▁these ▁pre cept s ▁and ▁concepts ▁that ▁are ▁so ▁familiar ▁to ▁us ▁now , ▁were ▁start ling ly ▁new ▁and ▁really ▁expl oded ▁on ▁the ▁scene ▁during ▁this ▁cru cial ▁week . ▁ ▁De asy ▁and ▁Staff ord - Cl ark ▁were ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁opening ▁up ▁the ▁story ▁beyond ▁the ▁" v acu um " ▁in ▁which