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Luke 24:11

Doubt

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

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  • Mark 16:11

    And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

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  • Psalms 126:1

    When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

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  • Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

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  • 2 Kings 7:2

    Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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  • Acts 12:9

    And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

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  • Luke 24:25

    Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

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