Luke 24:25

Luke 24:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
• New International Version (NIV)He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Context of Luke 24:25

23They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive! 24Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.” Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. 26Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” 27Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:25 word by word

Καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· ὦ ἀνόητοι καὶ βραδεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ πιστεύειν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Oὦō · oh!G5599
• foolsἀνόητοςanoētos · foolishG453
• slowβραδύςbradus · slowG1021
• of heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• to believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• have spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980

Cross-references for Luke 24:25

• Mark 7:18“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?
• Mark 8:17Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don’t you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in?
• Mark 9:19Jesus said to them, “You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”
• Mark 16:14Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.
• Hebrews 5:11There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen.

Commentaries on Luke 24:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25O fools and slow of heart to believe - Inconsiderate men, justly termed such, because they had not properly attended to the description given of the Messiah by the prophets, nor to his teaching and miracles, as proofs that He alone was the person they described. Slow of heart - Backward, not easy to be persuaded of the truth, always giving way to doubtfulness and distrust. This very imperfection in them is a strong evidence of the truth of the doctrine…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25O fools - The word “fool” sometimes is a term of reproach denoting “wickedness.” In this sense we are forbidden to employ it in addressing another, Matthew 5:22. That, however, is a different word in the Greek from the one which occurs here. The one there used implies contempt, but the one employed in this place denotes “weakness or dulness.” He reproached them for not seeing what he had himself so clearly predicted, and what had been foretold by the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-27Verses 13-27 This appearance of Jesus to the two disciples going to Emmaus, happened the same day that he rose from the dead. It well becomes the disciples of Christ to talk together of his death and resurrection; thus they may improve one another's knowledge, refresh one another's memory, and stir up each other's devout affections. And where but two together are well employed in work of that kind, he will come to them, and make a third. Those who seek…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26The prophets wrote that the Christ (the Messiah, God’s chosen king) would have to suffer. The crucifixion did not show that Jesus was not the Christ. Instead, it confirmed that he is the Christ, because Scripture had already said that the Christ would suffer and die. Jesus corrected the two disciples because they did not understand from Scripture that this had to happen (see Isaiah 50:4–9; 52:13–53:12; Psalms 2, 16, 22, 118; compare Luke 18:32; 20:17…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. fools--senseless, without understanding.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 24:25

• Chiding
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Trouble
• Types
• Unbelief
• Word of God

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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