"Why should He rise ?" asked the disciple.

"Did He come to earth for the sake of this bodily life?
Did He not rest everything on the spiritual life?
The true Jesus Christ was to be with us in the spirit." The disciples who had accompanied the Master from Galilee went back to their own land filled with that belief.

Things had somewhat changed there.

The condemnation of the Nazarene without any proof of guilt had vastly angered the Galileans.

His glorious death had terrified them.
No, this countryman of theirs was no ordinary man! They would now make up to His disciples for their ill-conduct towards Him.