St. Luke: 24; 19-24. And He said unto them, what things? And they said unto Him concerning Jesus of Nazareth which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.
And how the chief priest and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death and have crucified Him.
But we trusted that it had been He, which should have redeemed Israel, and beside all this today is the third day since these things were done.
If you had gone to the Upper Room at Jerusalem on Good Friday night, you would have found the door shout and barred “for fear of the Jews.” Inside were eleven despairing, humiliated, trembling men. Life was over for them.
Their world had crashed in upon them. They had hoped Jesus would have been the Messiah to redeem Israel. He had promised so much. His words had been so fair, and His deeds so gracious. They had believed Him. And now, He was dead and they were stuck there deluded, frightened, and in real danger from those who had put their Master to death!
Even on Easter Sunday we find that Peter went to the tomb and found for Himself that the Body was gone but still had some doubts about the Resurrection for he went away wondering too himself as to what really happened. Also on that Sunday morning, there were two men walking to the Village of Emmaus, which is about seven miles from Jerusalem; and they talked to each other about all the things which had happened! And as they talked about these things, Jesus Himself came up to them and joined them on their way. But their eyes were fixed so that they did not recognize Him. He said to them, “What words are these that you are exchanging with each other as you walk?”
And they stood with faces twisted with grief. And one of them called Cleopas answered and said, Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened in the last few days! And Jesus asked
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