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

¹¹ But these words seemed as nonsense to the apostles, and they refused to believe the women.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Their words struck the apostles as nonsense, and they didn’t believe the women.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But these words seemed to them a delusion. And so they did not believe them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ 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.