Luke 24:25

“Then he said unto them, etc.] That is, Jesus said unto them, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: O fools; not in a natural sense, as if they were destitute of the common understanding of men; nor in a moral sense, as wicked men, and as they themselves had been in their unregenerate estate; nor in a way of anger and contempt, and with a design to provoke; wherefore Christ did not act contrary to his own rule, in (<400522>Matthew 5:22) but because they were so void of understanding in the Scriptures, and were so very ignorant of them, and were so blind as to the knowledge of them; particularly those which concerned the sufferings and resurrection of the Messiah, being influenced by the…”

“fools--senseless, without understanding.”

“O fools - The word “fool” sometimes is a term of reproach denoting “wickedness.” In this sense we are forbidden to employ it in addressing another, Matthew 5:22. That, however, is a different word in the Greek from the one which occurs here. The one there used implies contempt, but the one employed in this place denotes “weakness or dulness.” He reproached them for not seeing what he had himself so clearly predicted, and what had been foretold by the prophets. The word used in the original does not imply as much “reproach” as the word “fool” does among us. It was not an expression of “contempt;” it was an expression denoting merely that they were “thoughtless,” and that they did not properly…”

“O foolish - Not understanding the designs and works of God: And slow of heart - Unready to believe what the prophets have so largely spoken. Luke 24:26”

“24:25-26 the prophets wrote . . . that the Messiah would have to suffer: The crucifixion did not negate Jesus’ identity as the Messiah but confirmed it, because the death of the Messiah was predicted in Scripture. Jesus rebuked the two for not recognizing from Scripture that the Messiah had to suffer (see Isa 50:4-9; 52:13–53:12; Pss 2, 16, 22, 118; cp. Luke 18:32; 20:17; 23:37; Acts 2:25-28; 4:25-26).”

“O fools: Rather, inconsiderate men, ανοητοι \[Strong's G453\], justly termed such, because they had not attended to the description of the Messiah by the prophets, nor to His teaching and miracles, as proofs that He alone was the person described. Mar 7:18, Mar 8:17, Mar 8:18, Mar 9:19, Mar 16:14; Heb 5:11, Heb 5:12 Luke 24:26”