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Hebrew Names Version

Luke 24:11

These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Readings, Select;   Unbelief;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Distrust;   Faith-Unbelief;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Scepticism;   Unbelief;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Resurrection of Christ, the;   Unbelief;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Resurrection;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lot (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Rhoda;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faith ;   Manuscripts;   Resurrection of Christ (2);   Unbelief (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Idle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Idle;   Tale;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
King James Version (1611)
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they beleeued them not.
King James Version
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
English Standard Version
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
New American Standard Bible
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe the women.
New Century Version
But they did not believe the women, because it sounded like nonsense.
Amplified Bible
But their report seemed to them like idle talk and nonsense, and they would not believe them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
Legacy Standard Bible
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they were not believing them.
Berean Standard Bible
But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
Contemporary English Version
The apostles thought it was all nonsense, and they would not believe.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the emissaries didn't believe them; in fact, they thought that what they said was utter nonsense!
Darby Translation
And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the apostles did not believe what they said. It sounded like nonsense.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But their wordes seemed vnto them, as a fained thing, neither beleeued they them.
George Lamsa Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as delusions; and they did not believe them.
Good News Translation
But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.
Lexham English Bible
And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they refused to believe them.
Literal Translation
And their words seemed like foolishness to them, and they did not believe them.
American Standard Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
Bible in Basic English
But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.
International Standard Version
But these words seemed nonsense to them, and they wouldn't believe them.Mark 16:11; Luke 16:25;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as dreams, and they believed them not.
Murdock Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as dreams: and they believed them not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their wordes seemed vnto them fayned thynges, neither beleued they them.
English Revised Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
World English Bible
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Weymouth's New Testament
But the whole story seemed to them an idle tale; they could not believe the women.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these wordis weren seyn bifor hem as madnesse, and thei bileueden not to hem.
Update Bible Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
New English Translation
But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
New King James Version
And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
New Living Translation
But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn't believe it.
New Life Bible
Their words sounded like foolish talk. The followers did not believe them.
New Revised Standard
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And these sayings appeared before them, as if idle talk, and they were minded to disbelieve them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them.
Revised Standard Version
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and their wordes semed vnto them fayned thinges nether beleved they them.
Young's Literal Translation
and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And theyr wordes semed vnto them, as though they had bene but fables, and they beleued them not.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which however appear'd to them such a delirious tale, they could not give credit to any of them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys scoffed at the idea of such a thing and didn't believe a word of it.

Contextual Overview

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Yeshua' body. 4 It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. 5 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the eretz. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in the Galil, 7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?" 8 They remembered his words, 9 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 10 Now they were Miryam from Magdala, Yochanah, and Miryam the mother of Ya`akov. The other women with them told these things to the apostles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

idle: Luke 24:25, Genesis 19:14, 2 Kings 7:2, Job 9:16, Psalms 126:1, Acts 12:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:26 - he believed Mark 16:11 - believed Acts 12:15 - Thou

Cross-References

Genesis 24:13
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
Genesis 24:14
Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Yitzchak. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."
Genesis 24:20
She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
Exodus 2:16
Now the Kohen of Midyan had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
John 4:7
A woman of Shomron came to draw water. Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their words seemed to them as idle tales,.... As fabulous things, as mere whims, and the fancies of their brains: "as a dream", according to the Persic version; or, "as a jest", as the Arabic version renders it. They looked upon them as mere deceptions and delusions, and not real things; the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "these words"; what they related concerning what they saw, and heard, at the sepulchre:

and they believed them not: for they had no thought, nor expectation of Christ's rising from the dead; they did not know that he was to rise again, according to the Scriptures; nor did they understand him when he told them of his rising again; and had no faith in it, nor hope concerning it, and could give no credit to it, when it was told them; and the Arabic version reads, "they did not believe it"; the word or report which the women delivered to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 28:1-11.


 
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