^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?” ^24:27Then⁷² beginning with Moses and all the prophets,⁷³ he interpreted to them the things written about⁷⁴ himself in all the scriptures.

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

Footnotes

64 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.
65 Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion ( 1).
66 The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.
67 The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43–47 as well.
68 On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see ἐπί 6.b.
69 This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouchi) expects a positive reply.
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).
71 Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” See the note on Christ in .
72 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
73 The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.
74 Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.

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?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

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?” Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

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?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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?” And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

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? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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