Their Leader, Jesus, had just been publicly executed, and he had warned his followers that they would be treated no better than he had been.
מנהיגם, ישוע, שזה עתה הוצא להורג, הזהיר את תלמידיו כי יתנסו ביחס דומה לזה אשר לו זכה (‏ יוחנן ט ” ו: 20; כ ’: 19‏).