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Luke 24:11

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

KJV

καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς.

Greek NT

Et visa sunt ante illos sicut deliramentum verba ista, et non crediderunt illis.

Vulgate

And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

ASV

And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λῆρος
leros
noun · 1×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
φαίνω
phaino
verb · 31×
ἀπιστέω
apisteo
verb · 8×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
o
article · 19778×
ὡσεί
osei
adverb · 20×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ταῦτα | WH/Treg/NIV: ταῦτα | RP: αὐτῶν
  • ταῦταSBLGNT
  • ταῦταWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§643Given all these testimonies, Christ's Resurrection cannot be interpreted as something outside the physical order, and it is impossible not to acknowledge it as an historical fact. It is clear from the facts that the disciples' faith was drastically put to the test by their master's Passion and death on the cross, which he had foretold.502 The shock provoked by the Passion was s…
23. Necessity of a public death for the doctrine of the Resurrection. But even if, without any disease and without any pain, He had hidden His body away privily and by Himself in Acts 26:26 a corner, or in a desert place, or in a house, or anywhere, and afterwards suddenly appeared and said that He had been raised from the dead, He would have seemed on all hands to be telling i…

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:15 — And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
  • Gen 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 s
  • Gen 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 s
  • Job 9:16 — If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
  • Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
  • Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
  • Ps 126:1 — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
  • Ps 126:1 — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.