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Andκαὶyou,σύCapernaum,Καφαρναούμwill you reallyμὴbe exaltedὑψωθήσῃas far asἕωςheaven?οὐρανοῦYou will be brought downκαταβιβασθήσῃas far asἕωςHades!τοῦ ᾅδου
Luke 10:15
Study it in the app“And you, Capernaum, will you really be exalted as far as heaven? You will be brought down as far as Hades!”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:15, word by word
- CapernaumΚαφαρναούμKapharnaoum
Capernaum
See it on the mapWhere else “Kapharnaoum” appears- be exaltedὑψωθήσῃhypsōthēsēi
exalt
To give honor and a high place to someone.
Where else “hypsōthēsēi” appears- heavenοὐρανοῦouranou
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appears- You will be brought downκαταβιβασθήσῃkatabibasthēsēi
bring down
Bring down, throw down.
Where else “katabibasthēsēi” appears- Hadesᾅδουhaidou
Hades
Hades: the place of the dead; in Hebrew, Sheol.
Where else “haidou” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Woes on the cities of the lake
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Luke 10:12-15
12I tell you that it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that city. 13Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you really be exalted as far as heaven? You will be brought down as far as Hades!
20Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not changed their minds. 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23And you, Capernaum, you will not be exalted to heaven, will you? To Hades you will go down; for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Places in this verse
Capernaum
Today: Capernaum (Tell Hum) ruins, Israel
A town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum (Matt 4:13). He taught in its synagogue and healed many there (John 6:59; Luke 7:1).
The context
14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
15 · This verse (above)
16Whoever hears you hears me, and whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)