But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
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But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
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But we trusted that it shuld have bene he that shuld have delyvered Israel. And as touchynge all these thinges to daye is even the thyrd daye that they were done.
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But we trusted that it had bene he that should haue deliuered Israel, and as touching all these things, to day is ye third day, that they were done.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Luke 24:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 1:68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
- Isaiah 59:20 “A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.
- Luke 2:38 Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
- 1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
- Psalms 130:8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
- Acts 1:6 Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
- Revelation 5:9 They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 21 But we trusted that it had been he…
21 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.
Ver. 21. But we trusted] q.d. Indeed now we cannot tell what to say to it. Here their hope hangs the wing extremely, their buckler is much battered, and needs beating out again. Ferendum et sperandum, speaking and hoping, said the philosopher. (οιστεον και ελπιστεον. Epictet.) And good men find it more easy to bear evil than to wait for good, Heb 10:36.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they found not his body,.... In the…
And when they found not his body,.... In the sepulchre, as they expected, and so could not do what they intended:
they came; they returned from the sepulchre with great haste, and in a very great fright, and came to the disciples, where they were assembled;
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saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels. The Syriac and Persic versions add, "there"; at the sepulchre, for there were two of them at least, if not three; see Luk 24:4. They not only reported, that they could not find the body of Jesus, but also that they had seen some angels: or the sense may be, that they told them, that though they could not find the dead body of their Lord, yet they had seen him alive, as they did by the way, as they were returning, Mat 28:9 and also that a vision of angels had appeared to them:
which said that he was alive; see Luk 24:5. So that it was not a deception of their sight, they certainly saw both Christ and the angels; and were assured from their testimony, as well as by their own eyes and ears, that he was certainly risen: now, though this was so clear a point, and so well attested, the disciples knew not how to believe it; they were perplexed about it; they could neither receive it, nor discredit it; they hoped it might be so, but feared it was not.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Today is the third day - The day he…
Today is the third day - The day he should have risen again, if at all.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. - 24. Cleopas paints the real state…
Verse 21. - 24. Cleopas paints the real state of his own mind in these verses. In his relation there is scarcely any thing well connected; important points are referred to, and not explained, though he considered the person to whom he spoke as entirely unacquainted with these transactions: his own hopes and fears he cannot help mixing with the narration, and throwing over the whole that confusion that dwells in his own heart. The narration is not at all in Luke's style; but as it is probable he was the other disciple who was present, and had heard the words of Cleopas, he gave them in that simple, natural, artless manner in which they were spoken. Had the account been forged, those simple, natural touches would not have appeared.
To-day is the third day] Our Lord had often said that he would rise again the third day; and though Alpheus had little hope of this resurrection, yet he could not help recollecting the words he had heard, especially as they seemed to be confirmed by the relation of the women, Lu 24:22-24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain We trusted - We hoped and expected.
We trusted - We hoped and expected.
Should have redeemed Israel - That he was the Messiah, who would have delivered the nation from the Romans.
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Besides all this - It is to be observed that Cleopas states things just as they occurred to his own mind. There is little connection. His mind is confused and distracted. There were so many things that were remarkable in Jesus; there was so much evidence that he was the Messiah; their hopes had been so suddenly dashed by his death, and the succeeding events had been so wonderful, that his mind was confused, and he knew not what to think. The things which he now stated served to increase his perplexity. The expressions here are perfectly natural. They bespeak an agitated mind. They are simple touches of nature, which show that the book was not forged. If the book had been the work of imposture, this artless and perplexed narrative would not have been thought of.
Today is the third day ... - Jesus had foretold them that he would rise on the third day. This they did not understand; but it is not improbable that they looked to this day expecting something wonderful, and that the visit to the sepulchre had called it to their recollection, and they were more and more amazed when they put all these things together. As if they had said, “The third day is come, and we have not seen him. Yet we begin to remember his promise - the angels have informed us that he is alive - but we do not know how to put these things together, or what to make of them.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain We hoped, &c. as if they had lost their…
We hoped, &c. as if they had lost their former hopes, or now knew not what to hope for: but perhaps, as St. Augustine observes, they might use this caution speaking before a stranger. (Witham) --- These two disciples were in the same error as the other Jews; who expected that the Messias would deliver them from subjection to strangers, and re-establish them in their ancient liberty. The cross and passion had been a subject of scandal and fall to them. They say, we did hope; as if their hopes were now at an end. What increased their diffidence was, that Christ had promised to rise again the third day, and some of the women had said that he really had risen. But they expected as public and glorious a manifestation of his resurrection, as his death had been ignominious and known to the whole world. Behold, now this is already the third day since these things are passed:; if he had wished to manifest his power, he should have done it already. Thus the disciples reason, as if the third day were already past, and as if it were certain that he was not risen again. So difficult a thing is it to believed what we very ardently wish? (Calmet) Proprium hoc miseros sequitur vitum
Nunquam rebus credere lætis.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain we trusted, &c.--They expected the promised Deliverance at His…
we trusted, &c.--They expected the promised Deliverance at His hand, but in the current sense of it, not by His death.
besides all this--not only did His death seem to give the fatal blow to their hopes, but He had been two days dead already, and this was the third. It is true, they add, some of our women gave us a surprise, telling us of a vision of angels they had at the empty grave this morning that said He was alive, and some of ourselves who went thither confirmed their statement; but then Himself they saw not. A doleful tale truly, told out of the deepest despondency.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. Should have redeemed Israel—Equivalent to saying, we once…
21. Should have redeemed Israel—Equivalent to saying, we once had faith that he would be the true Messiah. To redeem Israel, doubtless included the idea of removing the Roman yoke; but it also implied the introduction of a reign of truth and righteousness. Perhaps even the world would be renovated to its Edenic state, inhabited by the holy dead in their resurrection glory.
The third day—They doubtless here refer to the three days so often mentioned as connected with his death and burial. The period had passed, but the world is not renewed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. we trusted] This would imply that now their…
21. we trusted] This would imply that now their hope was dimmed, if not quenched. This perhaps led to the reading ‘we trust’ (elpizomen for elpizomen) inand some inferior MSS., which Alford calls a “correction for decorum.”
which should have redeemed Israel] The form of the expected redemption is explained in Act_1:6.
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to day is the third day] The words might be literally rendered ‘He is leading this third day.’ The expression seems to imply, ‘if there had been any hope it would have been confirmed before now.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) But we trusted.—The pronoun is emphatic. “We, the…
(21) But we trusted.—The pronoun is emphatic. “We, the disciples, were hoping . . . ,”whatever might be the judgment of others.
Which should have redeemed Israel.—More exactly, He that is about to redeem . . . The two travellers belonged apparently to those who now, as at the time of the Nativity, were waiting for redemption in Jerusalem (Luk_2:38).
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To day is the third day .—We note how naturally the disciples fall, from the first, into this method of describing the interval since the Crucifixion.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But we trusted that it had been he which…
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel. And we who were his friends and followers, we thought we had found in him the Redeemer of Israel, King Messiah! Think! the Redeemer crucified! Although the Redeemer, in the sense they probably understood the word, was something very different to the sense we give to it, the idea was still something very lofty and sublime. It in-eluded, no doubt, much of earthly glory and dominion for Israel, but in some definite sense the Gentile world, too, would share in the blessings of Messiah. And to think of the shameful cross putting an end to all these hopes! And beside all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done.
But yet terrible and despairing as was the story of Cleopas and his friend, their tone was not quite hopeless; for they went on, "And now we have come to the third day since they crucified him." No doubt they dwelt a short space on the expression, "third day," telling the Stranger how their dead Master, when alive, had bade his friends watch for the third day from his death. The third day, he had told them, would be the day of his triumphant return to them; and, strangely enough, on the early morning of this third day, something did happen which had stirred, excited, and perplexed them. Certain women of their company, who had been early to the grave of the Master, meaning to embalm the corpse, found the sepulchre empty, and they came back reporting how they had seen a vision of angels there, who told them their Master lived. What did it all mean?
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 21. We hoped that it was he which should…
21. We hoped that it was he which should redeem Israel. They hoped. They did not now hope. Their hopes were buried.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain trusted (See Scofield "Mat 3:2")
trusted (See Scofield "Mat 3:2")
redeemed (See Scofield "Rom 3:24").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
The two men continue responding to Jesus.
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who was going to redeem Israel
The Romans ruled over the Jews. AT: "who would free the Israelites from our Roman enemies" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Yes, and what is more,
This introduces another reason why they believed Jesus would not free Israel. AT: "Now that does not seem possible because"
the third day
The Jews counted any portion of a day as a day. Therefore, the day Jesus was raised was the "third day" because it followed the day of his burial and the Sabbath day. See how you translated this in Luke 24:7. (See: Ordinal Numbers)
since all these things happened
"since all the many actions that led up to the death of Jesus have taken place"
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free
Israel
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:21 We had hoped he was the Messiah: Literally…
24:21 We had hoped he was the Messiah: Literally we had hoped he was the one who would deliver Israel. This is a reference to the Messiah—the crucifixion had dashed their hopes.
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