Luke 24:19-24

19-24. What things? Christ asks this to get them to talk about it. They give a condensed version of the recent events. Who was going to redeem Israel. They had expected him to declare himself king and raise an army to drive out the Romans. Their hopes of this happening died with him. This is now the third day. This clearly identifies the day of Jesus' resurrection. See note on Matthew 12:40. But could not find his body. This shows they still could not think in terms of a resurrection! They still had trouble believing even when they had seen him (Mark 16:14).