10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! 1 Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if 2 the miracles 3 done in you had been done in Tyre 4 and Sidon, 5 they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! 10:15 And you, Capernaum, 6 will you be exalted to heaven? 7 No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 8
1 sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after
2 tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.
3 tn Or “powerful deeds.”
4 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”
6 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.
7 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.
8 sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).