Key Verse Spotlight
Luke 24:11 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.β
Luke 24:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary {the mother} of James, and other {women that were} with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem {about} threescore furlongs.
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