899 B
899 B
Connecting Statement:
The two men continue responding to Jesus.
who was going to redeem Israel
The Romans ruled over the Jews. AT: "who would free the Israelites from our Roman enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
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: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
since all these things happened
"since all the many actions that led up to the death of Jesus have taken place"