Luke 24:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 24:11

9 ^aThen they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene, ^aJoanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.

11 ^aAnd their words seemed to them like¹ idle tales, and they did not believe them.

12 ^aBut Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths¹ lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

13 ^aNow behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

Verse Comparison: Luke 24:11

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

Amplified® Bible
But these reports seemed to the men an idle tale (madness, feigned things, nonsense), and they did not believe the women.

Contemporary English Version
The apostles thought it was all nonsense, and they would not believe.

Darby English Version
And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.

Good News Bible
But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.

International Standard Version
But these words seemed nonsense to them, and they wouldn't believe them.

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

New American Standard Bible
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

New International Version
But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

New King James Version
And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

Young's Literal Translation
and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

New English Translation
But these words seemed like pure nonsense¹ to them, and they did not believe them.

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