Luke 24:25

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!

Luke 24:38-39

24:38 Then ⁶  he said to them, “Why are you frightened, ⁷  and why do doubts ⁸  arise in your hearts? 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! ⁹  Touch me and see; a ghost ¹⁰  does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”

[24:25]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

[24:25]  ² tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

[24:25]  ³ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

[24:25]  ⁴ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

[24:25]  ⁵ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

[24:38]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:38]  ⁷ tn Or “disturbed,” “troubled.”

[24:38]  ⁸ tn The expression here is an idiom; see BDAG 58 s.v. ἀναβαίνω 2. Here καρδία (kardia) is a collective singular; the expression has been translated as plural in English.

[24:39]  ⁹ tn Grk “that it is I myself.”

[24:39]  ¹⁰ tn See tc note on “ghost” in v. 37.