Study it in the app““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.”
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woe
Woe!: a cry of grief or of warning.
Where else “Ouai” appearsChorazin
Chorazin, a town in Galilee near the Sea of Galilee.
Where else “Chorazin” appearsBethsaida
See it on the mapWhere else “Bēthsaida” appearsmighty work
A deed of God that shows his might.
Where else “dynameis” appearsbe made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “genomenai” appearsTyre
See it on the mapWhere else “Tyrōi” appearsSidon
See it on the mapWhere else “Sidōni” appearschange one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metenoēsan” appearslong ago
Long ago, for a long time.
Where else “palai” appearssackcloth
Sackcloth: rough cloth woven from hair, worn as a sign of mourning or repentance.
Where else “sakkōi” appearsashes
Ashes.
Where else “spodōi” appearsChorazin and Bethsaida were towns beside the Sea of Galilee; Tyre and Sidon, pagan cities on the coast. Sackcloth and ashes were signs of mourning and repentance.
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.
Matthew 11:20-24
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.”
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!
1Bethsaida ?
Today: possibly et-Tell (Bethsaida), Israel
A town near the north shore of the Sea of Galilee; its exact site is not certain.
Philip, Andrew and Peter came from there (John 1:44). Jesus healed a blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22).
2Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
3Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
20Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not changed their minds.
21 · This verse (above)
22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
1. What it says
What did Jesus tell John's messengers to report about what they hear and see (vv. 4–5)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say his yoke is easy and his burden light (vv. 28–30)?
3. How I live it
Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come to him (v. 28). What burden could you bring to him today?
