Matteo 11:22

22 Ma pure io vi dico che Tiro e Sidon saranno più tollerabilmente trattate nel dì del giudizio, che voi.

Matteo 11:22 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 11:22

But I say unto you
What may be depended upon as true, and which shall certainly come to pass, however the inhabitants of these cities might flatter themselves; or in whatsoever light they might look upon their neighbours, the Tyrians and Sidonians; and fancy themselves to be the favourites of heaven, and these as the most execrable of creatures;

it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day off
judgment, than for you.
Their punishment in another world will be more mild and moderate; they will not have such severe stings of conscience, nor have reason to make such bitter reflections on themselves, as those will who have had the advantages of a Gospel revelation: all sins are not alike, nor will the punishment of them be the same; there will be degrees of torments in hell, and which the justice of God requires. These words suppose, that the men of Tyre and Sidon will be punished for their many abominable sins, committed against the law and light of nature; but that the inhabitants of Chorazin and Bethsaida, having rejected the Messiah, and the doctrines of the Gospel, against all the evidence of miracles, and convictions of their own minds, and probably sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost; as their sins are aggravated, their condemnation will be the greater, and their punishment the more intolerable.

Matteo 11:22 In-Context

20 ALLORA egli prese a rimproverare alle città, nelle quali la maggior parte delle sue potenti operazioni erano state fatte, che esse non si erano ravvedute, dicendo:
21 Guai a te, Chorazin! Guai a te, Betsaida! perciocchè, se in Tiro e Sidon fossero state fatte le potenti operazioni, che sono state fatte in voi, si sarebbero già anticamente pentite, con sacco e cenere.
22 Ma pure io vi dico che Tiro e Sidon saranno più tollerabilmente trattate nel dì del giudizio, che voi.
23 E tu, o Capernaum, che sei stata innalzata infino al cielo, sarai abbassata fin nell’inferno; perciocchè, se in Sodoma fossero state fatte le potenti operazioni, che sono state fatte in te, ella sarebbe durata infino al dì d’oggi.
24 Ma pure io vi dico, che il paese di Sodoma sarà più tollerabilmente trattato nel giorno del giudizio, che tu.
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