Luke 24:21

We had thought, ‘Maybe he is the one God will send to set Israel free!’ But no! He has been dead for three days now.

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In The King James Version

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

In Context

20But our chief priests and our rulers gave him to Pilate for him to be killed, and they nailed him to a cross.

22“Some of our women went to the cave early this morning, but they could not find his body. They came back to us and said, ‘We saw two angels. They came and appeared to us and told us that Jesus is alive again now.’ And we were amazed to hear that.

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Cross References

Luke 1:68“Let us praise the Lord, the God of the people of Israel, because he has come among us now. He has helped us his people and set us free.

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:14-36

The Disciples Going to Emmaus. 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are… Read the whole commentary →

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