Matthew 11:23 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Matthew 11:23

21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago ^ain sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I say to you, ^ait will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

23 And you, Capernaum, ^awho are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

24 But I say to you ^athat it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

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25 ^aAt that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that ^bYou have hidden these things from the wise and prudent ^cand have revealed them to babes.

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Matthew 11:23

And thou, Capernaum—(See on Matthew 4:13).

which art exalted unto heaven—Not even of Chorazin and Bethsaida is this said. For since at Capernaum Jesus had His stated abode during the whole period of His public life which He spent in Galilee, it was the most favored spot upon earth, the most exalted in privilege.

shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom—destroyed for its pollutions.

it would have remained until this day—having done no such violence to conscience, and so incurred speakably less guilt.

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