Luca 24:11

11 Ma le lor parole parvero loro un vaneggiare, e non credettero loro.

Luca 24:11 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:11

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.

Luca 24:11 In-Context

9 Ed essendosene tornate dal monumento, rapportarono tutte queste cose agli undici, ed a tutti gli altri.

10 Or quelle che dissero queste cose agli apostoli erano Maria Maddalena, e Giovanna, e Maria, madre di Giacomo; e le altre ch’eran con loro.

11 Ma le lor parole parvero loro un vaneggiare, e non credettero loro.

12 Ma pur Pietro, levatosi, corse al monumento; ed avendo guardato dentro, non vide altro che le lenzuola, che giacevano quivi; e se ne andò, maravigliandosi tra sè stesso di ciò ch’era avvenuto.

13 OR ecco, due di loro in quello stesso giorno andavano in un castello, il cui nome era Emmaus, distante da Gerusalemme sessanta stadi.