him, looking for a place in his kingdom. But now the inconceivable had happened. Jesus had died, and their hopes had died with him. So clouded were their minds by this disappointment that they did not even recognize the Lord when he drew near them on the Emmaus way. He asked what they had been talking about and why they were sad. They answered, “Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” They answered, “About Jesus of Nazareth.