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A Loving Rebuke, Not an Insult
Multiple commentators clarify that when Jesus calls the disciples "foolish," he isn't using a term of contempt like the one forbidden in Matthew 5:22. The original Greek word means "dull" or "slow to understand." It was a sharp but loving rebuke from a concerned teacher, meant to awaken them from their grief-stricken stupor and point out their failure to connect the dots from the scriptures they already knew.
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18th Century
Theologian
O fools. The word fool is sometimes a term of reproach denoting wickedness. In this sense, we are forbidden to use it in addressi…
Foolish men (ανοητο). Literally without sense (νους), not understanding. Common word.
Slow of heart (βραδε…
19th Century
Bishop
O fools, and slow of heart to believe.—The word for “fools” (more literally, silly, senseless) is not that which is used in Matth…
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19th Century
Preacher
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 un…
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…
16th Century
Theologian
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…
17th Century
Pastor
Then he said to them: That is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: O fools
17th Century
Minister
This appearance of Jesus to the two disciples going to Emmaus happened on the same day that he rose from the dead. It is fitting for the disciples …