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ButπλὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνit will beἔσταιmore bearableἀνεκτότερονfor TyreΤύρῳandκαὶSidonΣιδῶνιonἐνthe dayἡμέρᾳof judgmentκρίσεωςthanἢfor you.ὑμῖν
Matthew 11:22
Study it in the app“But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 11:22, word by word
- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- it will beἔσταιestai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appears- more bearableἀνεκτότερονanektoteron
tolerable
Tolerable, bearable; "more tolerable".
Where else “anektoteron” appears- for TyreΤύρῳTyrōi
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “Tyrōi” appears- SidonΣιδῶνιSidōni
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “Sidōni” appears- the dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears- of judgmentκρίσεωςkriseōs
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “kriseōs” 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.
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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!
Places in this verse
1Tyre
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).
2Sidon
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).
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
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.
To study Matthew 11 in a group
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?