Luke 24:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But these words seemed as nonsense to the apostles, and they refused to believe the women.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Their words struck the apostles as nonsense, and they didn’t believe the women.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But these words seemed to them a delusion. And so they did not believe them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 24:11 Cross References

Mark 16:11

And when they heard that Jesus was alive and had been seen by Mary from Magdala, they refused to believe it.

Mark 16:13

And these two men went and told about their encounter with Jesus to the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them either.

Mark 16:14

Later on Jesus showed Himself to the eleven apostles as they sat [i.e., reclined. See Matt. 23:6], eating a meal. He scolded them for their lack of faith and stubbornness because they refused to believe those who had seen Him [alive] after His resurrection.

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!

Luke 24:41

And while they still could not believe [i.e., or, could hardly believe], out of joy and wonderment, Jesus said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

Acts 12:9

So, he followed the angel out [of the jail], not fully realizing what had happened, thinking [perhaps] he had seen [all this in] a vision.