You know those two brothers walking down the Emmaus road?

You know those two brothers walking down the Emmaus road? Jesus had one amazing sense of showmanship.

He sent Mary, but most of the apostles said, yeah, sure, hysterical woman. So, he sent total strangers. That had to be startling. He didn't go directly to the apostles first. There's an aspect to that which seems to me simultaneously wisely parental yet quietly hilarious. Messing with 'em. But not without high purpose.