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You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. <a href="/esv/luke/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/bsb/luke/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/blb/luke/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And He said to them, "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. <a href="/kjv/luke/24.htm">King James Bible</a> Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: <a href="/nkjv/luke/24.htm">New King James Version</a> Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/nasb_/luke/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/nasb/luke/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> And He said to them, &#8220O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/nasb77/luke/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/lsb/luke/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/amp/luke/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/csb/luke/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/hcsb/luke/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He said to them, &#8220How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/asv/luke/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/cev/luke/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Jesus asked the two disciples, "Why can't you understand? How can you be so slow to believe all that the prophets said? <a href="/erv/luke/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/gwt/luke/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are! You're so slow to believe everything the prophets said! <a href="/gnt/luke/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then Jesus said to them, "How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! <a href="/isv/luke/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! <a href="/msb/luke/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them, ?O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/net/luke/24.htm">NET Bible</a> So he said to them, "You foolish people--how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/nheb/luke/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. <a href="/wbt/luke/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/wey/luke/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! <a href="/web/luke/24.htm">World English Bible</a> He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And He said to them, “O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe on all that the prophets spoke! <a href="/blb/luke/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And He said to them, "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. <a href="/ylt/luke/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake! <a href="/slt/luke/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he said to them, O ye unwise, and slow in heart to believe in all things which the prophets spake:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. <a href="/cpdv/luke/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he said to them: “How foolish and reluctant in heart you are, to believe everything that has been spoken by the Prophets! <a href="/nabre/luke/24.htm">New American Bible</a> And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! <a href="/nrsvce/luke/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them, O dull-minded heavy-hearted, slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/24.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Then Yeshua said to them, “Oh deficient of mind and slow of heart to believe in all the things that The Prophets have spoken!<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/24.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And he said to them: inconsiderate, and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/godbey/luke/24.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And He said to them, <FR>O ye foolish, and slow in heart to believe in all those things which the prophet spoke!<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/24.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And he said unto them, O ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! <a href="/mace/luke/24.htm">Mace New Testament</a> then Jesus said to them, how stupidly incredulous are you not to believe things that have been all predicted by the prophets! <a href="/wey/luke/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! <a href="/worrell/luke/24.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And He said to them, <FR>"O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets spake!<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/24.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And He said unto them, <FR>O <Fr>people<FR> void of understanding and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/24-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=9653" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/24.htm">Jesus Opens the Scriptures</a> 24Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.” 25<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Then</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">said</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">to</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autous (PPro-AM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them,</a> <a href="/greek/5599.htm" title="5599: Ō (I) -- A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh.">“O</a> <a href="/greek/453.htm" title="453: anoētoi (Adj-VMP) -- Foolish, thoughtless. By implication, sensual.">foolish ones,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1021.htm" title="1021: bradeis (Adj-VMP) -- Slow, slow of understanding. Of uncertain affinity; slow; figuratively, dull.">how slow</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardia (N-DFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">are your hearts</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: pisteuein (V-PNA) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">to believe</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. "></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasin (Adj-DNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hois (RelPro-DNP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētai (N-NMP) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">prophets</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: elalēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">have spoken!</a> 26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/5-39.htm">John 5:39</a> You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27</a> The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-19</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/matthew/22-29.htm">Matthew 22:29</a> Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10-11</a> Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. <a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a> For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. <a href="/2_timothy/3-15.htm">2 Timothy 3:15-17</a> From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. / All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. <a href="/john/1-45.htm">John 1:45</a> Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” <a href="/acts/26-22.htm">Acts 26:22-23</a> But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: / that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.” <a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14-16</a> But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. / But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. <a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1-12</a> Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? / He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. / He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. ... <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-31</a> For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. / Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15</a> The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him. <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24-26</a> Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:O fools.<a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18</a> 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;<a href="/mark/8-17.htm">Mark 8:17,18</a> 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? … <a href="/mark/9-19.htm">Mark 9:19</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/22-67.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/luke/24-11.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/luke/24-11.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/luke/11-40.htm">Fools</a> <a href="/luke/18-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/luke/24-8.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/luke/18-31.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Senseless</a> <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Slow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/3-12.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/luke/24-41.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Fools</a> <a href="/luke/24-32.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/luke/24-38.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/luke/24-27.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Senseless</a> <a href="/acts/27-7.htm">Slow</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 24</div>1. <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb.</a> 9. <a href="/luke/24-9.htm">They report it to others.</a> 13. <a href="/luke/24-13.htm">Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;</a> 36. <a href="/luke/24-36.htm">afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;</a> 47. <a href="/luke/24-47.htm">gives them a charge;</a> 49. <a href="/luke/24-49.htm">promises the Holy Spirit;</a> 50. <a href="/luke/24-50.htm">and so ascends into heaven.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Jesus said to them This phrase occurs during the post-resurrection appearance of Jesus on the road to Emmaus. The context is crucial as it highlights the transition from despair to understanding for the disciples. Jesus, though initially unrecognized, engages with the two disciples, emphasizing His role as a teacher and guide. This encounter underscores the importance of Jesus' presence and His ability to reveal truth.O foolish ones The term "foolish" here is not an insult but a rebuke for their lack of understanding. In biblical terms, foolishness often refers to a spiritual blindness or lack of insight into God's plans. This echoes the wisdom literature, such as Proverbs, where wisdom is equated with understanding God's ways. Jesus is gently correcting their misunderstanding of the Scriptures.and slow of heart to believe This phrase addresses the disciples' hesitance to fully trust in the prophetic words concerning the Messiah. The "heart" in biblical terms often represents the center of belief and conviction. Their slowness indicates a struggle with faith, a common theme in the Gospels where Jesus frequently addresses the disciples' doubts and encourages deeper faith.all that the prophets have spoken! Here, Jesus refers to the entirety of the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. This includes prophecies from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Psalms, among others, which foretold the suffering, death, and resurrection of the Messiah. Jesus is emphasizing that the Scriptures have consistently pointed to these events, and understanding them is key to recognizing Him as the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. This connection to prophecy highlights the continuity of God's plan throughout the Bible and the centrality of Jesus in that plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is addressing two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus after His resurrection. He is revealing Himself and explaining the Scriptures concerning Himself. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples_on_the_road_to_emmaus.htm">Disciples on the Road to Emmaus</a> These are two followers of Jesus who are traveling from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They are initially unaware that they are speaking with the resurrected Christ. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophets.htm">The Prophets</a> Refers to the Old Testament prophets whose writings foretold the coming of the Messiah. Jesus is emphasizing the importance of their prophecies. 4. <a href="/topical/e/emmaus.htm">Emmaus</a> A village approximately seven miles from Jerusalem, where this encounter takes place. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_resurrection.htm">The Resurrection</a> The event that has just occurred, which the disciples are struggling to understand and believe fully.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_prophecy.htm">Understanding Prophecy</a> Believers are encouraged to study the Old Testament prophecies to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus' life and mission. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_belief.htm">Faith and Belief</a> The passage challenges us to examine our own hearts and consider how we might be "slow to believe" in God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture.htm">The Role of Scripture</a> This encounter emphasizes the importance of Scripture in revealing truth and guiding believers in their faith journey. <a href="/topical/r/recognizing_jesus.htm">Recognizing Jesus</a> Just as the disciples eventually recognized Jesus, we are called to seek Him in our daily lives and recognize His presence and work. <a href="/topical/h/heart_condition.htm">Heart Condition</a> The passage invites reflection on the condition of our hearts and the openness to receive and believe God's word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 24</a> <a href="/q/how_can_ezekiel_45's_temple_be_proven.htm">Given no clear archaeological trace, how can the temple structure in Ezekiel 45 ever be historically substantiated?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_walk_to_emmaus_for.htm">What is the purpose of the Walk to Emmaus?</a> <a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'this_generation'.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'This generation will not pass'?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_acts_3_17-18_fit_ot_prophecies.htm">Acts 3:17–18: How does Peter’s statement align with Old Testament prophecies when they seem vague or unconnected? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) O fools, and slow of heart to believe.--The word for "fools" (more literally, silly, senseless) is not that which is used in <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm" title="But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.">Matthew 5:22</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-17.htm" title="You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?">Matthew 23:17</a>, but one belonging to a somewhat higher style of language. It is used by St. Paul of the "foolish Galatians" (<a href="/galatians/3-1.htm" title="O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?">Galatians 3:1</a>), 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 (<a href="/luke/9-22.htm" title="Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.">Luke 9:22</a>; <a href="/luke/9-44.htm" title="Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.">Luke 9:44</a>; <a href="/mark/14-21.htm" title="The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.">Mark 14:21</a>), which might have led thoughtful men to see that they pointed to suffering and death, as well as to sovereignty and triumph. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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?" <a href="/commentaries/luke/24-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [Jesus] αὐτὸς (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. them, αὐτούς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_5599.htm">Strong's 5599: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_453.htm">Strong's 453: </a> Foolish, thoughtless. By implication, sensual. [how] slow βραδεῖς (bradeis) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1021.htm">Strong's 1021: </a> Slow, slow of understanding. Of uncertain affinity; slow; figuratively, dull. are your hearts καρδίᾳ (kardia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. to believe πιστεύειν (pisteuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. all πᾶσιν (pasin) Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. that οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophets προφῆται (prophētai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/24-25.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 24:25 He said to them Foolish men (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/24-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 24:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 24:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/24-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 24:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 24:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>