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Luke 24:21

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19 “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

20 Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

22 Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

23 but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.
DARBY
But *we* had hoped that *he* was [the one] who is about to redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now, to-day, the third day since these things took place.
BLB
But we were hoping it is He who is about to redeem Israel. But indeed also with all these things, this brings the third day away from which these things came to pass.
ÅB
Men vi håpet at han var den som skulle forløse Israel. Og dog - med alt dette er det idag den tredje dag siden dette skjedde.
OTB
Men vi hadde håpet at Han var den som skulle forløse Israel. Og foruten alt dette, er det i dag den tredje dagen siden disse tingene skjedde.
B1930
Men vi håpet at han var den som skulde forløse Israel. Og dog - med alt dette er det idag den tredje dag siden dette skjedde.

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Cross references

  • Luke 1:68

    “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

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  • Isaiah 59:20

    “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

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  • Luke 2:38

    Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Peter 1:18–19

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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  • Psalms 130:8

    And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

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  • Acts 1:6

    So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

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  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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