Unlike Isaiah, Jesus does not unpack who the characters point to in real life for his readers. But it and other passages give us clues. One is its last sentence, “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Our Gospel this week has two quite different stories, and the first is relevant to the Jewish-Christian relationship that is our concern in this column.
John 20:19-23 is one of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances to his remaining 11 followers who had locked themselves in on the night of the Resurrection.
