Matthew 15:16-17

15:16 Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

Mark 7:18

7:18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

Luke 24:25-27

24:25 So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ 10  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then 11  beginning with Moses and all the prophets, 12  he interpreted to them the things written about 13  himself in all the scriptures.

Revelation 3:19

3:19 All those 14  I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

tn Or “into the latrine.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

11 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

12 sn The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.

13 tn Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.

14 tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”