While the Christian church has historically (and rightly) clung to the cross of Christ, we’ve criticized the Jews for focusing on the crown. But biblical literacy demands we cling to both—because the prophets spoke of both. Consider that Zechariah had prophesied Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem on a donkey the week before this Emmaus table experience [Zech 9:9]. Just a few chapters later, he prophesies that Jesus will very literally deliver Jerusalem from a literal war and then literally reign from her holy hill—His holy hill [Zech 12-14]. And just as He fulfilled one promise, He will fulfill the other. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus brought important, critical clarity to a confused, fledging body of believers on Resurrection Sunday. In doing so, He not only demonstrated biblical literacy, He encouraged the cultivation of it. - Stephanie Quick, The Perks of Biblical Literacy