When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
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When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
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And when they herde that he was alyve and he had appered to hyr they beleved it not.
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And when they heard that he was aliue, and had appeared to her, they beleeued it not.
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- Luke 24:11 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.
- Mark 16:13-14 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either. Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
- Mark 9:19 He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
- Luke 24:23-35 and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.” He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?” Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further. They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them. When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them. Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, then he vanished out of their sight. They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?” They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them, saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
- Exodus 6:9 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 11 And they, when they had heard that he…
11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
Ver. 11. {See Trapp on "Mat 28:8"} {See Trapp on "Mat 28:9"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain After that,.... A little time, or some few hours…
After that,.... A little time, or some few hours after, on the selfsame day; see Luk 24:13;
he appeared in another form: it seems to have been the form, or habit of a gardener that he appeared in to Mary; since she thought him to be one, and to be the gardener that belonged to the garden, in which the sepulchre was: but now it was in another form, or habit, that he appeared; very likely in the habit of a Scribe, or doctor; since he took upon him to expound the Scriptures to the persons he appeared to; as also took bread, and blessed it, when at supper with them, Luk 24:27. According to the Jewish canons (m).
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"if two persons eat together, and one of them is a Scribe, and the other an unlearned man, , "the Scribe blesses", and the unlearned man is excused.''
This is not to be understood of any change in the shape of his body, or the features of his face; for as soon as their eyes were opened, which had been before held, they knew him perfectly well: whereas, if there had been such an alteration made in him, that he could not have been known for the same, there would have been no need of holding their eyes, that they should not know him, Luk 24:16. This appearance was
unto two of them; one of them was Cleophas, or Alphaeus, which is the same, Luk 24:18; the other is by some (n) thought to be Simon Peter, from what is said in Luk 24:34 though others (o) think it was Nathanael, and others (p) Luke the evangelist, who conceals his own name, when he mentions the other; and some (q) that his name was Ammaon, which perhaps may be through mistake of the place, Emmaus, where they were going, for the name of one of them, and the appearance to them was,
as they walked, and went into the country: to a country village called Emmaus, about sixty furlongs, or seven miles and a half from Jerusalem; see Luk 24:13.
(m) T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 45. 2. (n) Lightfoot, Hor. in. v. 13. & in Luk. xxiv. 13. (o) Epiphan contra Haeres. l. 1. Haeres. 23. (p) Vid. Theophylact. in Luc. xxiv. 13. (q) Ambros in Luc. 12. 49. & 24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Believed not - This is proof that they did…
Believed not - This is proof that they did not expect his resurrection; proof that they were not easily deceived, and that nothing but the clearest evidence could undeceive them.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Believed not — They had not forgotten, nor…
11. Believed not — They had not forgotten, nor did they truly disbelieve their Lord’s predictions. But in their dejection of mind they had lost the realizing power and could not grasp the fact. Besides, if our Lord is to rise again he ought to come in the glory of his kingdom, appearing perhaps in the skies. Mar_9:10-31. Hence they afterward ask our Lord, “Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Act_1:6. It is quite unexpected, therefore, that his resurrection shall steal upon them, and be first announced to them by women. Nor, had the resurrection been a fable invented by these apostles, would they have made themselves so little the heroes of the history.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. had been seen of her] The original word…
11. had been seen of her] The original word here translated “had been seen” occurs nowhere else in St Mark except here in this section and in Mar_16:14.
believed not] So incredible to them did the whole story appear.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they, when they heard that he was alive,…
And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved (hpisthsan). They refused to believe on the bare statement of Mary Magdalene, although M. Renan says, "Sa grande affirmation de femme, "Il est res-suscitei" a ete la base de la foi de l"humanite." They did not believe her until the risen Lord stood before them. (See "Speaker"s Commentary" (St. Mark), p. 297.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 11. They … believed not. Their disbelief was overruled…
11. They … believed not. Their disbelief was overruled for good, for it furnishes abundant proof that they did not invent the story of the resurrection.
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