Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- NKJV Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
- NASB Later He appeared to the eleven disciples themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reprimanded them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen from the dead.
- NLT Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.
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Jesus appears to the eleven and rebukes their unbelief and hard hearts. He confronts their failure to trust the witnesses.
Overview
The risen Christ both restores and corrects his disciples, rebuking their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him. His rebuke is an act of grace, not rejection, preparing them for their mission. It reminds every reader that hardness of heart toward the resurrection is a serious failing the Lord lovingly addresses.
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- 1 Cor 15:5and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
- Luke 24:36–43While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- John 20:27Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
- Mark 8:17–18Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
- Ps 95:8–11do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Mark 16:11–13And when they heard that Jesus was alive and she had seen Him, they did not believe it.
- Heb 3:15–19As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
- Matt 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- Matt 15:16–17“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
- Matt 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
- Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Num 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- John 20:19–20It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- Matt 16:8–11Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
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