<p>24:20 <i>And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him</i>- Even at that early stage it was clear to all that the responsibility for the Lord's death was with the Jews and not the Romans. The very words for &quot;delivered up to be crucified&quot; were several times on the Lord's lips, predicting His fate. But He had always continued with the prediction that then after three days, He would rise again (:7; Mt. 20:15). They were repeating His words but had subconsciously removed the idea of resurrection from them. All was in place for the penny to drop- in realizing that now, after three days, the Lord had indeed risen and appeared.</p>