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Luke 24:11

Doubt

9 And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.

But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

13 That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
KJV
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
WEB
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.
ASV
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
DARBY
And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.
BLB
And these words appeared before them like folly, and they did not believe them.
ÅB
og deres ord syntes dem å være løs tale, og de trodde dem ikke.
OTB
Men deres ord virket for dem som tullprat, og de trodde ikke kvinnene.
B1930
og deres ord syntes dem å være løs tale, og de trodde dem ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 9:16

    If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

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  • Mark 16:11

    And when they heard that Jesus was alive and she had seen Him, they did not believe it.

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  • Psalms 126:1

    When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

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  • Genesis 19:14

    So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to 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.

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  • 2 Kings 7:2

    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

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  • Acts 12:9

    So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

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  • Luke 24:25

    Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

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