Luke 24:11

Weymouth New Testament

But the whole story seemed to them an idle tale; they could not believe the women.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

King James Version (1611)
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they beleeued them not.

King James Version
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

English Standard Version
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

New American Standard Bible
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe the women.

New Century Version
But they did not believe the women, because it sounded like nonsense.

Amplified Bible
But their report seemed to them like idle talk and nonsense, and they would not believe them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

Legacy Standard Bible
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they were not believing them.

Berean Standard Bible
But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

Contemporary English Version
The apostles thought it was all nonsense, and they would not believe.

Complete Jewish Bible
But the emissaries didn't believe them; in fact, they thought that what they said was utter nonsense!

Darby Translation
And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the apostles did not believe what they said. It sounded like nonsense.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But their wordes seemed vnto them, as a fained thing, neither beleeued they them.

George Lamsa Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as delusions; and they did not believe them.

Good News Translation
But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.

Lexham English Bible
And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they refused to believe them.

Literal Translation
And their words seemed like foolishness to them, and they did not believe them.

American Standard Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

Bible in Basic English
But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

Hebrew Names Version
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.

International Standard Version
But these words seemed nonsense to them, and they wouldn't believe them.Mark 16:11; Luke 16:25;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as dreams, and they believed them not.

Murdock Translation
And these words appeared in their eyes as dreams: and they believed them not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their wordes seemed vnto them fayned thynges, neither beleued they them.

English Revised Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

World English Bible
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these wordis weren seyn bifor hem as madnesse, and thei bileueden not to hem.

Update Bible Version
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

New English Translation
But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.

New King James Version
And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

New Living Translation
But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn't believe it.

New Life Bible
Their words sounded like foolish talk. The followers did not believe them.

New Revised Standard
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And these sayings appeared before them, as if idle talk, and they were minded to disbelieve them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them.

Revised Standard Version
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and their wordes semed vnto them fayned thinges nether beleved they them.

Young's Literal Translation
and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And theyr wordes semed vnto them, as though they had bene but fables, and they beleued them not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
which however appear'd to them such a delirious tale, they could not give credit to any of them.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys scoffed at the idea of such a thing and didn't believe a word of it.

Contextual Overview

¹ And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. ² But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb, ³ and on entering they found that the body of the Lord Jesus was not there. ⁴ At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning. ⁵ The women were terrified; but, as they stood with their faces bowed to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you search among the dead for Him who is living? ⁶ He is not here. He has come back to life. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." ⁸ Then they remembered His words, ⁹ and returning from the tomb they reported all this to the Eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

idle: Luke 24:25, Genesis 19:14, 2 Kings 7:2, Job 9:16, Psalms 126:1, Acts 12:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:26 - he believed Mark 16:11 - believed Acts 12:15 - Thou

Cross-References

John 4:7
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their words seemed to them as idle tales,.... As fabulous things, as mere whims, and the fancies of their brains: "as a dream", according to the Persic version; or, "as a jest", as the Arabic version renders it. They looked upon them as mere deceptions and delusions, and not real things; the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "these words"; what they related concerning what they saw, and heard, at the sepulchre:

and they believed them not: for they had no thought, nor expectation of Christ's rising from the dead; they did not know that he was to rise again, according to the Scriptures; nor did they understand him when he told them of his rising again; and had no faith in it, nor hope concerning it, and could give no credit to it, when it was told them; and the Arabic version reads, "they did not believe it"; the word or report which the women delivered to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 28:1-11.