Luke 24:11

Luke 24:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
• New International Version (NIV)But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

Context of Luke 24:11

9Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest. 10Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things. But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women. 12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went away, amazed at what had happened. 13Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Luke 24:11 word by word

καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wordsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• seemedφαίνωphainō · to shine/appearG5316
• toἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• asὡσείhōsei · like/as/aboutG5616
• idle talesλῆροςlēros · nonsenseG3026
• they believedἀπιστέωapisteō · to disbelieveG569

Cross-references for Luke 24:11

• Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
• 2 Kings 7:2Then the captain, the king’s right-hand man, responded to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”
• Job 9:16If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.
• Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
• Acts 12:9So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the angel did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.

Commentaries on Luke 24:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See the notes at Matthew 28:1-11.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12Women were the first to find the tomb empty and to hear the announcement of the resurrection. This is strong evidence for the historicity of the resurrection accounts. In first-century Judaism, women were not regarded as reliable witnesses, so the church would never have created stories in which women discovered the empty tomb.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12(See on Mr 16:1-8; and Mt 28:1-5). 5. Why, &c.--Astonishing question! not "the risen," but "the Living One" (compare Re 1:18); and the surprise expressed in it implies an incongruity in His being there at all, as if, though He might submit to it, "it was impossible He should be holden of it" (Ac 2:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 24:11

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Readings, Select
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Commentaries on Luke 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings