Luke 24:25
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, and slow of heart 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!

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?

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!

Majority Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to them, ?O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

NET Bible
So he said to them, "You foolish people--how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

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!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He said to them, “O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe on all that the prophets spoke!

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "O foolish 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!

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, O ye unwise, and slow in heart to believe in all things which the prophets spake:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them: “How foolish and reluctant in heart you are, to believe everything that has been spoken by the Prophets!

New American Bible
And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

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!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then Jesus said to them, O dull-minded heavy-hearted, slow to believe 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!
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: inconsiderate, and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets have spoken!

Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, O ye foolish, and slow in heart to believe in all those things which the prophet spoke!

Haweis New Testament
And he said unto them, O ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Mace New Testament
then Jesus said to them, how stupidly incredulous are you not to believe things that have been all predicted by the prophets!

Weymouth New Testament
"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "O inconsiderate and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets spake!

Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, O people void of understanding and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Opens the Scriptures
24Then 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
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,

Acts 13:27
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.

Hebrews 3:7-19
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. ...

Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

1 Peter 1:10-11
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.

Romans 15:4
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.

2 Timothy 3:15-17
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.

John 1:45
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.”

Acts 26:22-23
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.”

2 Corinthians 3:14-16
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.

Isaiah 53:1-12
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. ...

Psalm 22:1-31
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. ...

Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Daniel 9:24-26
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.

Zechariah 12:10
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.


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.

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Luke 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.














Then Jesus said to them
This phrase marks a pivotal moment in the narrative, where Jesus, the resurrected Christ, directly addresses the disciples. The Greek word for "said" is "εἶπεν" (eipen), which is often used in the New Testament to denote authoritative speech. This is not merely a casual conversation; it is a moment of divine revelation and teaching. Jesus, the ultimate teacher, is about to impart crucial understanding to His followers, emphasizing His role as the risen Lord who fulfills the Scriptures.

O foolish ones
The term "foolish" here is translated from the Greek word "ἀνόητοι" (anoetoi), which implies a lack of understanding or perception. In the biblical context, foolishness is often associated with spiritual blindness or a failure to grasp divine truths. Jesus is gently rebuking the disciples for their inability to comprehend the prophecies concerning the Messiah. This rebuke is not harsh but serves as a loving correction, urging them to open their hearts and minds to the truth.

and slow of heart
The phrase "slow of heart" comes from the Greek "βραδεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ" (bradeis tē kardia), indicating a sluggishness or reluctance in believing. In biblical anthropology, the heart is the center of one's being, encompassing mind, will, and emotions. Jesus is pointing out that their slowness is not merely intellectual but deeply rooted in their inner being. This highlights the necessity of faith that goes beyond mere intellectual assent, requiring a heartfelt acceptance of God's promises.

to believe
The Greek word for "believe" is "πιστεύειν" (pisteuein), which means to have faith or trust. In the context of the New Testament, belief is not just an acknowledgment of facts but a deep, personal trust in God and His Word. Jesus is calling the disciples to a faith that embraces the entirety of God's redemptive plan, as revealed in the Scriptures.

all that the prophets have spoken!
This phrase underscores the continuity and fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies in the person and work of Jesus Christ. The Greek word for "all" is "πάντα" (panta), emphasizing the comprehensive nature of the prophetic witness. The prophets, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, foretold the coming of the Messiah, His suffering, and His glory. Jesus is affirming that the entirety of the prophetic message points to Him, urging the disciples to see the Scriptures as a unified testimony to His mission.

(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
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus]
αὐτὸς (autos)
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
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: 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
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
(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
πᾶσιν (pasin)
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
οἷς (hois)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

the
οἱ (hoi)
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
προφῆται (prophētai)
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.


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