And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” (Luke 24:19-24 ESV)
They fell for it. The old "seeing is believing" lie. They had a few years of evidence that Jesus was not just merely a man (yet they refer to Him the way skeptics and gossipers did, as "Jesus of Nazareth.") They had had high hopes. They had the empty tomb, testimony of the angels, and heart-felt conviction of the women, but it was just not enough. Their self-attested faith had failed to bring them through. So it is no suprise when Jesus said: "Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."
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