Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Bible prophecy shows that Jesus Christ will soon return and set up His Kingdom on earth for a thousand years (Revelation 20:26). Nevertheless, I will restore their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them your own captivity. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. Sidon was the scene of heavy fighting during Lebanon's civil war and it's situation only deteriorated during the subsequent 22-year Israeli occupation. It also appears, during the first millennium BC, that Tyre eclipsed Sidon. Later, Jacob spoke of it as the boundary of Zebulun (Gn 49:13) and Joshua included it as part of the land promised to Israel (Jos 13:6). When a group of Sodoms worst perverts tried to rape the angels at Lots house, they were struck blind. He met with a group of disciples there and spent seven days in the city (Acts 21:3-7). For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the, Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the. Sidon, a great coast city of Phoenicia. In other words, what I am trying to say is this: we must distinguish between God's temporal judgments on whole cities and whole nations, when they refuse to repent as nations, and the Final Judgment, at which people shall be dealt with individually and not as whole nations or whole cities. And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? The Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?read more.For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him. And the Lord said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. Even in the secular world, Sodom is a synonym for moral depravity and has the infamous distinction of lending its name (in sodomy) to the most extreme forms of homosexuality and sexual bestiality. I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know. Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord. Titles Covers. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. The names Tyre and Sidon were famous in the ancient Near East. For they have brought evil on themselves. These two examples, then, seem to show that at the Final Judgment the question will be raised: did people have enough evidence to lead them to repentance, if they had been willing to repent? Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Matthew 11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 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Is It Time to Throw Away Your Bible? They are mentioned frequently in the prophets and the New Testament as symbols of human wickedness and divine retribution, and the . Hiram also offered to bring cedars down from the mountains and float them down the Mediterranean coast to Joppa for Solomon's royal construction projects (1 Kgs 5:8-11; 2 Chr 2:16), which included both his palace and the Temple. Modern Tyrians use the hippodrome today as a jogging course. show all 66. And when we find in the same Evangelist some things spoken by the Lord at two different timeslike that in Luke concerning the not taking a scrip for their journey,what wonder is it if any thing else, which was twice spoken, is found once severally in two several Gospels in the actual connexion in which it was spoken, which connexion is different, because they are two different occasions on which it is related to have been spoken?"[3]. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. The inhabitants of those ancient cities will still have to appear before the great white throne; there they shall be dealt with individually, and not judged as communities. is to ask, 'Why did God not send the Lord Jesus in those earlier centuries?'. woe unto thee, Bethsaida! -Michael LuddeniSidon, called Saida today (Arabic for 'fishing'), was named after the firstborn son of Canaan (Gn 10:15) and probably settled by his descendants. Primarily constructed for chariot races, as in the movie Ben Hur, the ends of this racing oval were marked by turning stones called metae which still sit in place. The rest are left to the just judgment of God in the general body of the condemned, where they of Tyre and Sidon are left, who might have believed had they seen Christ's many miracles; but since it was not given them that they should believe, therefore that through which they might have believed was also withheld. m r /) were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. It would seem that during the second millennium BC, Sidon was the pre-eminent of the two port cities. At the great white throne judgment, the dead of all the ages will be brought before the throne of God to be judged and sentenced to eternal punishment. In fact, during many periods, the king of one city seemed to be considered king of the other city by outsiders. Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.. Ironically, Sodom and Gomorrah will be justified by the more heinous sins of Israel. (l) Chorogr. Many scholars follow Josephus (Against Apion 1.121-24; Antiquities 8), who was quoting Menander, and identify Ethbaal with Ithbaal (Hebrew 'Man of Baal'), priest of Astarte who killed the king of Tyre and seized the throne (Jidejian 1996:73, 306). 'Phoenicia' was the name given to the region by the Greeks, from their word for purple. "[3], Jerome: " In Capharnaum, which is interpreted the most fair town, Jerusalem is condemned, to which it is said by Ezekiel, Sodom is justified by thee. 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Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.. Although Hades is sometimes used in Scripture to represent the place of all the departed dead, it is often used, as here, to represent hell, the place of eternal punishment for the unsaved. Even today, there is only one hotel and few restaurants for tourists. in Matth. Compare Ezekiel 26:4-14. Early in Jesus' ministry, people from Sidon and Tyre heard about the things He did. (1 Peter 4:17). Josephus. The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing:The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood;And they strengthen the hands of evildoers,So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.All of them have become to Me like Sodom,And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. Settled from the beginning as a port city, Sidon was built on a promontory with a nearby offshore island that sheltered the harbor from storms. In fact, the city took its name from this rock island. In a similar way, whole cities like Dresden were flattened under the Allied bombing, and thousands of men, women, and innocent children were simultaneously destroyed by the Allies as a result of the unrepentance of their political leaders. 2023 Grace to You. You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. While both cities are mentioned in a number of second millennium BC extra-Biblical documents, the most interesting accounts come from the Amarna Letters. Register. Thomas Aquinas", Other translations of Matthew 11:24 at BibleHub, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_11:24&oldid=1066286550, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 January 2022, at 17:13. To ask, therefore, 'Why were the people of Tyre and Sidon not given this evidence?' Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Far be it from You! Answer: A surface reading indicates Jesus is saying the people of Sodom and Gomorrah will be present at judgment. In other words, they are judged according to their opportunities. And many more millions still who have never witnessed his miraculous, mighty works, such as he did when he was here on earth. And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? Tyre is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament as being the place through which Solomon derived many of the materials for building the temple, 2 Chronicles 2:11-16. and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. English Standard Version . are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire' (ASV). "[3], Augustine: "Luke also gives this as spoken in continuation of some other of the Lords discourses; from which it appears that he has rather followed the actual order of events; Matthew to have followed his recollection. As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride, before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistinesthose surrounding you who despise you. He was sent 'in the fullness of time' (Galatians 4:4); or 'in the end of these days'. Located at the foot of some of the Lebanese mountain's southwestern ridges and near the gorge of the ancient Leontes River (the modern Litani), the rich and well-watered plain became the fortified island's primary source or food, water, wood and other living essentials. Jesus said that the miracles He performed in Capernaum were so amazing that, had they occurred in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. by Kevin DeYoung. Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. However, the Bible does not teach that all who ever lived will be resurrected. Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled. It is believed the Castle sits over the site of the Phoenician temple to Melkart. But most people today do not realize how this fits into Gods plan for mankind. before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistinesthose surrounding you who despise you. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. How can we understand this? Pp. Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there., He spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it on account of the forty., Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there., And he said, Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the twenty., Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the ten., for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the. 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. To use our advanced search functionality (to search for terms in specific content), please use syntax such as the following examples: Question: Jesus said that the day of judgment would be "more tolerable" for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Tyre and Sidon, than for those who heard and rejected Jesus message during His ministry on earth. And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). Why did John the Baptist refer to the Pharisees as a brood of vipers? The third and final judgment period can be called the "Last Judgment Age"the book of Revelation calls it the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:1112). Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram. It was such a costly process that purple clothing was considered a symbol of wealth and royalty. But their homosexual enslavement was so intense that even after being blinded they weaned themselves trying to find the doorway in order to satisfy their perverted lust (Gen. 19:11). All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.. We don't know, and anyone who is saying otherwise hasn't even bothered to do a cursory Wikipedia search. He tells us there are six Muslim mosques, a Jewish synagogue, a Maronite, Latin, and Greek church. See the notes at Isaiah 23. Ruins of the Castle of St. Louis on a hill south of the port are believed to sit over the ancient acropolis. You will be brought down to Hades. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! . It was there that He raised Jairuss daughter from the dead and healed the noblemans son. In the early days of the Roman Empire, Sidon even had enough autonomy to have its own senate and mint its own coins. In other words, just like the flood was an example or a pointer towards the judgment that will happen when the Lord comes, so the judgment that befell Tyre, Sidon, Sodom and Gomorrah is an example and a warning of the eternal judgment that will take place at the great white throne. And which, if it had been only performed in such a manner by the inhabitants of Chorazin and Bethsaida, would have saved them from temporal judgments, which their sins now called for. Why did Abraham bargain with God in regard to Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18)? All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). The fact that comparatively innocent children were destroyed by Allied bombing does not mean, surely, that those same innocent children were thereby automatically consigned to the lake of fire eternally. Thus, New Testament Tyre and Sidon were prosperous Roman port cities. Jesus here makes two truths clear: there will be degrees of punishment in hell, and among those given the severest punishment will be those who have received the divine revelation and been the most religious and outwardly upright. I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.. Does the Merneptah Stela Allow for a 12th Century Exodus? True Christians are being judged in this lifetime by their works and obedience to Gods Word (1 Peter 4:17; Revelation 20:12; 22:12). The issue at stake will be: did the men of Capernaum and Chorazin have enough evidence to lead them to repentance and faith, if they had been willing to repent? Beginning with David, the Tyrian connection became prominent. The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Matthew 11. This may have been the event Ezekiel described. Comparative of a derivative of anechomai; more endurable. Ezekiel also prophesied of God's judgment against Sidon (Ez 28:20-24). While both were significant Roman cities on the eastern Mediterranean, their leaders felt the need to keep in Herod's favor. Join us in our mission! Sodom and Gomorrah, notoriously sinful cities in the biblical book of Genesis, destroyed by "sulfur and fire" because of their wickedness (Genesis 19:24). Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Ezekiel: "Thou shalt be built no more; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again" Ezekiel 26:21. With numerous hammams (Turkish baths), souqs (markets) and mosques, it feels like an old world city. Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.. The Bethsaida here spoken of was probably that on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. You have borne the penalty of your lewdness and abominations, the. And because of their indifferent unbelief, Jesus said to them, I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you. The port city reached its peak of power through its worldwide trade in the murex dye and glass industries. . Meanwhile, Tyre also recovered from Alexander's devastation. Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them. But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, and said, Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. From the Desk of Dr. Bryant G. Wood: Has Bethsaida Been Discovered? It would appear, therefore, that God could not have given to the people of Tyre and Sidon the evidences of the mighty miracles of Christ that he gave to Capernaum and Chorazin. In this age, billions who lived and died in ignorance of Gods truth and His way of life will be resurrected to physical life (Ezekiel 37:114). And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim. It was here that He healed the demoniac, Peters mother-in-law, the woman with the hemorrhage, the two blind men, the centurions servant, the dumb demoniac, and the paralytic who was lowered through the roof by his friends. The whole teaching of St. Paul in Romans 2, all the wider hopes of later times as to the future of mankind, are but the development of the truth partly declared and partly suggested here. Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord. Peter called the Church "the house of God"true Christians whose eyes have been opened to understand Christs message. While Tyre and Sidon were considered Canaanite during the second millennium BC, scholars call the Lebanese coast after the time of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan, Phoenecia. B., ed. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. They are also important cities in the Old and New Testaments. For if the [v]miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago . Yet because they ignored and rejected the Son of God, their fate on the day of judgment will be worse than that of Sodom. When, therefore, he says that he knows that the people of Tyre and Sidon would have repented if they had witnessed his mighty works, his judgment at the great white throne will surely take this into consideration and he will act accordingly. Therefore I removed them when I saw it. Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there. He spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it on account of the forty. Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. And he said, Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the twenty. Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the ten., for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.. But I say unto you, it shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you. Tyre comes from the Semetic sr (Hebrew Sor, Arabic Sur, Babylonian Surru, Egyptian Dr,) meaning rock. Twenty miles south of Sidon, in the middle of a coastal plain, Tyre (called Sour in Arabic today) was constructed on a rock island a few hundred yards out into the Mediterranean (Ward 1997:247). Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous. -Michael LuddeniSidon was the scene of heavy fighting during Lebanon's civil war and it's situation only deteriorated during the subsequent 22-year Israeli occupation. 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Although the dates of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are still in dispute, only Sidon and Sidonians are mentioned (17 times: Iliad 6.290-91; 23.743-44; Odyssey 4.83, 84, 618; 13.272, 285; 14.288, 291; 15.118, 415, 417, 419, 425, 473). Jidejian, N. 1996 Tyre Through the Ages. The mound was formed by tens of thousands of crushed murex shells from the city's famed purple dye industry. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. 1997 Tyre. And be it known, that in speaking of the city or country, the Lord does not chide with the buildings and walls, but with the men that inhabit there, by the figure metonymy, putting the thing containing for the thing contained. Why did Lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped? Outside of modern Israel, it is easy to forget that God specifically mentioned these cities as part of the Promised Land. Most Recent Articles Written by Scott Stripling, Most Recent Articles Written by Bryant Wood. and said, Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. It was originally called Ushu in cuneiform texts (Ward 1997:247) and later Palaetyrus ('old Tyre') in Greek texts (Jidejian 1996:19). And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans pride,Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Tyre and Sidon are port cities located in modern Lebanon on the Mediterranean coast. Sodom And Gomorrah. But it will . E. M. Myers. They also took Lot, Abrams nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness. Primarily constructed for chariot races, as in the movie Ben Hur, the ends of this racing oval were marked by turning stones called metae which still sit in place. that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. At that time, Judah was lost in idolatry and rebellion against God. The Khirbet el-Maqatir Rams Head: Evidence of the Israelite Destruction of Ai? It was worn also as a sign of mourning. The administrative center for a number of nearby villages and towns, Tyre has a number of unplanned squatter settlements. The tight high-speed turns at the metae created the most exciting and dangerous part of the race, often leading to dramatic collisions and spills.
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