Luke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Cross-reference
Luke 24:27 then shows Jesus opening the Scriptures to them — the remedy for their slowness to believe.
Luke 24:11 records the disciples disbelieving the resurrection report — the very slowness Jesus rebukes in verse 25.
Luke 17:25 states the Son of Man must suffer first — directly affirming the necessity the disciples in Luke 24:25 failed to believe.
Luke 18:34 says the disciples understood nothing of Jesus' passion predictions — the same blindness rebuked here.
Hebrews 5:12 continues the rebuke: they should be teachers but need basic teaching again — just as the disciples should have understood the prophets but didn't.
Hebrews 5:11 rebukes 'dull of hearing' — a direct parallel to Jesus calling the disciples 'slow of heart to believe'. Both address spiritual sluggishness.
In 1 Peter 1:11, the prophets predicted the sufferings and subsequent glories of Christ—exactly what Jesus says they spoke.
In 1 Peter 1:10, the prophets themselves searched into the salvation they proclaimed, reinforcing that they truly spoke of Christ.
In 2 Corinthians 3:14, Paul describes a veil over minds when reading the OT — explaining the slowness to believe the prophets rebuked here.
In Acts 13:27, rulers unknowingly fulfilled the prophets by condemning Jesus — illustrating the same slowness to believe rebuked here.
Acts 10:43 summarizes that all prophets testify about Jesus and forgiveness, reinforcing the very point Jesus makes about the prophets.
In John 12:16, the disciples initially fail to understand prophecy about Jesus, echoing the slowness to believe the prophets rebuked here.
Mark 9:10 shows the disciples questioning the resurrection — the very thing the prophets spoke of, which they were slow to believe.
Matthew 17:17 Jesus calls the generation 'faithless and twisted' — a parallel rebuke for lack of faith, as here for slowness to believe.
Matthew 16:9 has Jesus rebuking 'Do you not yet perceive?' — the same disciples slow to understand, directly parallel to Luke 24:25.
Same as above: Jesus' exclamation against faithlessness in Mark 9:19 mirrors his complaint about the disciples' unbelief in verse 25.
In Mark 9:19, Jesus calls the generation 'faithless,' a strong parallel to his rebuke of their slowness to believe in verse 25.
Mark 8:18 continues the rebuke with 'having eyes do you not see?' — matching Jesus' charge of spiritual dullness in verse 25.
Acts 28:26 quotes Isaiah about hard-heartedness preventing understanding — a broader parallel to the slowness to believe the prophets.
Mark 8:17 shows Jesus rebuking disciples for hardened hearts, echoing the 'slow of heart' rebuke in verse 25.
Daniel 12:10 says the wicked will not understand, but the wise will — parallels the disciples' slowness to understand the prophets.
Job 33:14 notes that God speaks but man does not perceive — similar to the disciples failing to perceive what the prophets spoke.