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But we hoped 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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A Shattered Hope
The disciples' despair stemmed from a misunderstanding of Jesus' mission. Commentators explain they hoped for a political Messiah to "redeem Israel" from Roman rule. His crucifixion shattered this earthly expectation, leaving them unable to see the greater spiritual redemption he had actually accomplished. This reminds believers to align their hopes with God's scriptural promises, not personal assumptions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We trusted. We hoped and expected.
Should have redeemed Israel. That He was the Messiah, who would have delivered the nati…
But we hoped (ημεις δε ηλπιζομεν). Imperfect active, we were hoping. Note emphasis in ημεις (we).
Redeem (…
19th Century
Anglican
But we trusted.—The pronoun is emphatic. “We, the disciples, were hoping . . . ,” whatever might be the…
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Baptist
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he whi…
What follows constitutes an affirmation about the person and work of Christ that is of great significance for our understanding of Jesus and of Luk…
16th Century
Protestant
But we hoped. From what follows, it is evident that the hope they had cherished concerning Christ had not been broken off, though their wo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But we trusted "In him", as the Ethiopic version adds: that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel<…
This appearance of Jesus to the two disciples going to Emmaus happened on the same day that he rose from the dead. It is fitting for the disciples …
