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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
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, then to the twelve.
- Luke 24:36–43As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- John 20:27Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
- Mark 8:17–18Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
- Ps 95:8–11Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Mark 16:11–13When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
- Heb 3:15–19while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
- Matt 11:20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
- Matt 15:16–17So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
- Matt 17:20He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- Luke 24:25He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
- Num 14:11Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
- John 20:19–20When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- Matt 16:8–11Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’
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