Luke 24:25-26

24:25 So ¹  he said to them, “You ²  foolish people ³  – how slow of heart ⁴  to believe ⁵  all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Wasn’t ⁶  it necessary ⁷  for the Christ ⁸  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

² tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

³ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

⁴ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

⁵ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

⁶ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

⁷ sn 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).

⁸ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”