CHAPTER VII.
String 6: _Resurrection_ Nisan was the beginning of months in the Jewish religious year; and the fourteenth day of Nisan, A.D.33, found Jesus of Nazareth dead and in the tomb.

The hopes of his followers were dashed to the ground.

Looking back to the promises made by Jehovah to faithful Abraham, his disciples and other associates had believed Jesus to be the promised Messiah and trusted that he would be the deliverer of Israel from Roman bondage and would also be the instrument for the blessing, through Israel, of all the nations of the earth.

But now he who they had hoped would redeem Israel (Luke 24:21) was dead.

They were perplexed and overwhelmed.