“He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”19 “What things?” Jesus asked.“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. Yet even then, even though they’re out of faith, the risen Jesus goes to find them and walks with them on the road to Emmaus.ġ7 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”They stood still, their faces downcast. It’s unsurprising that on Sunday morning we find two of Jesus’ followers on the wrong road, going the wrong way, leaving the community of believers in Jerusalem behind them (Luke 24.13-14). We look back on that Saturday with the reassuring hindsight of knowing what Sunday will bring, but for those who were there, it must have felt so bleak, so sad, so hopeless – and to live through it must have required such strength and faith. When the world felt dismal and empty, when everything seemed lost. It must have been a very dark day for those who lived it. In Luke we are told that the disciples rested, as required by the Sabbath (Luke 23.56), and in John there is nothing mentioned at all. In Mark we find three women going out after sunset to purchase the spices to anoint Jesus’ body (Mark 16.1). In Matthew we learn that Pilate sent guards to seal the tomb (Matthew 27.62-66). The Bible is very quiet about that Saturday.
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