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Matthew 11:21-24 KJV
Matthew · chapter 11 · verses 21–24
21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.Matthew 11:21-24 · King James Version
Matthew 11:21-24 in context
19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BethsaidabēthsaidaBethsaida = " house of fish" , a small fishing village on the west shore of Lake…G966 →
- tolerableanektosbearable, tolerableG414 →
- CapernaumkapharnaoumCapernaum = " village of comfort" , a flourishing city of Galilee situated on the…G2584 →
- ChorazinchorazinChorazin = " a furnace of smoke" , a town in GalileeG5523 →
- repentedmetanoeōto change one's mindG3340 →
- judgmentkrisisa separating, sundering, separation, a trial, contest, selection, judgment, opinion or…G2920 →
- remainedmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- exaltedhypsoōto lift up on high, to exalt, metaph., to raise to the very summit of opulence and…G5312 →
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Christ was going on in the praise of John the Baptist and his ministry, but here stops on a sudden, and turns that to the reproach of those who enjoyed both that, and the ministry of Christ and his apostles too, in vain.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-24