Foolish men (ανοητο). Literally without sense (νους), not understanding. Common word.

Slow of heart (βραδε…

O fools. The word fool is sometimes a term of reproach denoting wickedness. In this sense, we are forbidden to use it in addressi…

O fools, and slow of heart to believe.—The word for “fools” (more literally, silly, senseless) is not that which is used in Matth…

And he said to them, What manner of communications are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Because the disciples mentioned above were overly troubled by doubt, the Lord rebukes them, saying, <…

Jesus himself now speaks, though still unrecognized. He, who in his transfiguration was superior to Moses and Elijah (9:28–36), now invokes Moses a…

And he said to them. This reproof appears to be too harsh and severe for a weak man such as he was; but whoever attends to all the circums…

Then he said to them: That is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: O fools