Luke 24:20-21

The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

From Background Notes [BN] for January 5^th & 6^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Unfortunately, like many in their time who saw would-be Messiahs come and go, these two interpret his death as a failure. Crucified Messiahs are, after all, failed Messiahs. The times of Jesus saw no less than…

 
… a half dozen of them end up on Roman crosses — the grim reminder that Rome is in charge here and they are not. The two from Emmaus have the same problem many of us have. We know the facts on the ground about Jesus; we just don’t know how to interpret them. [BN, 7]

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