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Luke 24:25–26

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24:25So64 he said to them, “You65 foolish people66—how slow of heart67 to believe68 all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26Wasn’t69 it necessary70 for the Christ71 to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

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Luke 24:26: Was it not necessary that the Christ suffer these things and enter into his glory?

Footnotes

  1. 64 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.
  2. 65 Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion ( 1).
  3. 66 The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.
  4. 67 The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43–47 as well.
  5. 68 On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see ἐπί 6.b.
  6. 69 This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouchi) expects a positive reply.
  7. 70 The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).
  8. 71 Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” See the note on Christ in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

NLTNew 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. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to them, “O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?