Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! New Living Translation Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. English Standard Version And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Berean Standard Bible Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Berean Literal Bible And He said to them, "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. King James Bible Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: New King James Version Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! New American Standard Bible And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! NASB 1995 And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! NASB 1977 And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Legacy Standard Bible And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Amplified Bible Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken! Christian Standard Bible He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Holman Christian Standard Bible He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken! American Standard Version And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Then Yeshua said to them, “Oh deficient of mind and slow of heart to believe in all the things that The Prophets have spoken! Contemporary English Version Then Jesus asked the two disciples, "Why can't you understand? How can you be so slow to believe all that the prophets said? Douay-Rheims Bible Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. English Revised Version And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are! You're so slow to believe everything the prophets said! Good News Translation Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! International Standard Version Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! Literal Standard Version And He said to them, “O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe on all that the prophets spoke! Majority Standard Bible Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! New American Bible And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! NET Bible So he said to them, "You foolish people--how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! New Revised Standard Version Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! New Heart English Bible Then he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. Webster's Bible Translation Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Weymouth New Testament "O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! World English Bible He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Young's Literal Translation And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Opens the Scriptures24Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.” 25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”… Cross References Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born." Luke 24:24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see." John 5:39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, 1 Corinthians 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, Treasury of Scripture Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: O fools. Mark 7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Mark 8:17,18 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? … Mark 9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. Jump to Previous Belief Believe Foolish Fools Heart Minds Prophets Senseless SlowJump to Next Belief Believe Foolish Fools Heart Minds Prophets Senseless SlowLuke 24 1. Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb.9. They report it to others. 13. Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus; 36. afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief; 47. gives them a charge; 49. promises the Holy Spirit; 50. and so ascends into heaven. (25) O fools, and slow of heart to believe.--The word for "fools" (more literally, silly, senseless) is not that which is used in Matthew 5:22; Matthew 23:17, but one belonging to a somewhat higher style of language. It is used by St. Paul of the "foolish Galatians" (Galatians 3:1), and elsewhere, and by no other New Testament writer. The word of reproof sounds strong, but we must remember that our Lord had already given hints as to the true interpretation of Messianic prophecies (Luke 9:22; Luke 9:44; Mark 14:21), which might have led thoughtful men to see that they pointed to suffering and death, as well as to sovereignty and triumph. . . . Verse 25. - Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! better translated, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! The Stranger now replies to the confused story of sorrow and baffled hopes just lit up with one faint ray of hope, with a calm reference to that holy book so well known to, so deeply treasured by every Jew. "See," he seems to say, "in the pages of our prophets all this, over which you now so bitterly mourn, is plainly predicted: you must be blind and deaf not to have seen and heard this story of agony and patient suffering in those well-known, well-loved pages! When those great prophets spoke of the coming of Messiah, how came it about that you missed seeing that they pointed to days of suffering and death to be endured by him before his time of sovereignty and triumph could be entered on?" Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThenConjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [Jesus] Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. said Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. them, Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “O Ὦ (Ō) Interjection Strong's 5599: A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh. foolish [ones], ἀνόητοι (anoētoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 453: Foolish, thoughtless. By implication, sensual. [how] slow βραδεῖς (bradeis) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 1021: Slow, slow of understanding. Of uncertain affinity; slow; figuratively, dull. are your hearts καρδίᾳ (kardia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. to believe πιστεύειν (pisteuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. all Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. that Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. the Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophets Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet. have spoken. ἐλάλησαν (elalēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. Links Luke 24:25 NIVLuke 24:25 NLT Luke 24:25 ESV Luke 24:25 NASB Luke 24:25 KJV Luke 24:25 BibleApps.com Luke 24:25 Biblia Paralela Luke 24:25 Chinese Bible Luke 24:25 French Bible Luke 24:25 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 24:25 He said to them Foolish men (Luke Lu Lk) |