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

9The women left the tomb and went back to the city. They told everything to the eleven apostles and all the others. 10The women were Mary from Magdala, Joanna, and Mary (the mother of James). There were also other women with them. They told the apostles everything. The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them. 12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down to look inside and saw only the strips of linen. Then he went away, wondering what had happened. 13On the same day, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village called Emmaus. It 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 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said!
• Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to the men engaged to his daughters. He said, “Hurry! Get out of this place, because the Lord is going to destroy the city.” But they thought he was joking.
• 2 Kings 7:2The servant on whose arm the king was leaning answered the man of God, “Could this happen even if the Lord poured rain through windows in the sky?” Elisha replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”
• Job 9:16If I cried out and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to me.
• Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, it was as if we were dreaming.
• Acts 12:9Peter followed the angel out of the cell. He didn’t realize that what the angel was doing was actually happening. 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
• Unbelief

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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