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They went away and told it to the rest. They didn`t believe them, either.
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The Stubbornness of Unbelief
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, highlight the stubbornness of unbelief. Despite a second set of eyewitnesses, the disciples still did not believe. Spurgeon describes unbelief as having 'more lives than a cat' and warns against treating it as a mere infirmity instead of an 'abominable sin against the Lord' that must be actively fought.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The residue. The remainder. Those who remained at Jerusalem.
Neither believed they them (ουδε εκεινοις επιστευσαν). The men fared no better than the women. But Luke's report of the two on the…
19th Century
Anglican
After that he appeared in another form.—See Notes on Luke 24:13-35.
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Baptist
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she we…
These verses are obviously a shortened account of the story of the two men on the way to Emmaus (cf. Lk 24:13–35). It adds nothing to Luke’s accoun…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they went and told it unto the residue Upon their return to Jerusalem, which was on the same night, they went to…
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