Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 24:24-25

"And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!" — Luke 24:24-25 (ASV)

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

He loved them tenderly, but he rebuked them strongly, I had almost said sternly: "O fools, and slow of heart!" I am afraid that is our name: "fools." I am afraid that it may be said of us that we are "slow of heart to believe." We want so many proofs. We very readily disbelieve, but we very slowly believe.

If you had a piano in your house, and you left it for months, and when you came back, you found it all in beautiful tune, you would be sure that somebody must have been there to put it in tune. But if, on the other hand, you left it to itself and it got out of tune, you would say that such a condition was only what was to be expected. So it is natural for us to get out of tune. Sometimes we ring out glad music on the high-sounding cymbals, and we lift up the loud hallelujahs of exultant joy. But soon we are down again in the deeps and strike a minor key. Grace alone can raise us; nature, alas! sinks if left to itself.