Mateo 11:24

24 Por tanto yo os digo, que a la tierra de los de Sodoma será más tolerable el castigo en el día del juicio, que a ti.

Mateo 11:24 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 11:24

But I say unto you
Capernaum, and the inhabitants thereof, as before, to Chorazin and Bethsaida.

It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of
judgment, than for thee:
though the punishment of the men of Sodom will be very great, their iniquities being horribly dreadful and enormous, yet more easy to be borne than the vengeance, which, in the last and general judgment, will fall upon such, who have had the means of grace, and have despised them; especially such as had the personal presence, ministry, and miracles of Christ among them, as the Capernaites had. Such a way of expressing and setting forth the severer punishment of others, by that of Sodom, is not unusual in the Old Testament; see ( Lamentations 4:6 ) nor in Jewish writers, who say ^F18, that

``the Israelites were fit for, or deserved, (Mwdo vnwem rwmx) (rtwy vnwel) , "a far more heavy punishment than the punishment of Sodom": because they abounded with prophets, rising early, and sending them, but they did not hearken; whereas Sodom had no hands stayed on her, or prophets to warn them.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 82. 1.

Mateo 11:24 In-Context

22 Por tanto yo os digo, que a Tiro y a Sidón será más tolerable el castigo en el día del juicio, que a vosotras.

23 Y tú, Capernaum, que eres levantada hasta el cielo, hasta los infiernos serás abajada; porque si en los de Sodoma fueran hechas las maravillas que han sido hechas en ti, hubiera quedado hasta el día de hoy.

24 Por tanto yo os digo, que a la tierra de los de Sodoma será más tolerable el castigo en el día del juicio, que a ti.

25 En aquel tiempo, respondiendo Jesús, dijo: Te alabo, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, que hayas escondido esto de los sabios y de los entendidos, y lo hayas revelado a los niños.

26 Sí, Padre, porque así agradó en tus ojos.