Matthew 11:22

Matthew 11:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
• New International Version (NIV)But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

Context of Matthew 11:22

20Then Yeshua began to denounce the towns where most of His miracles had happened, because they did not turn from their sins. 21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have turned long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the Day of Judgment than for you. 23And you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will go down to Sheol! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you.”

Matthew 11:22 word by word

πλὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἢ ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butπλήνplēn · but/howeverG4133
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• It shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• more tolerableἀνεκτόςanektoteros · bearableG414
• for TyreΤύροςTuros · TyreG5184
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• SidonΣιδώνSidōn · SidonG4605
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• thanἤē · orG2228

Cross-references for Matthew 11:22

• Matthew 11:24Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you.”
• Matthew 10:15Amen, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.
• Luke 10:14Yet it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment than for you!
• Luke 12:47“That slave who knew his master’s will but did not prepare or act according to his desire will be harshly whipped.
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was first spoken through the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard.
• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who once were enlightened—having tasted of the heavenly gift and become partakers of the Ruach ha-Kodesh,
• Hebrews 10:26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
• Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed. There is no house and no harbor. From the land of Cyprus, it was revealed to them.
• Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea;
• Jeremiah 27:3Then send such to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of Ammon’s children, to the king of Tyre and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of messengers that come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
• Ezekiel 26:1On the first day of the month in the eleventh year, the word of Adonai came to me saying:
• Ezekiel 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head became bald and every shoulder chafed. But he and his army had no profit from Tyre for the labor that he had expended against it.”
• Amos 1:9Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. For they gave an entire population over to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brothers.
• Zechariah 9:2and also upon Hamath bordering it, and upon Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
• Matthew 12:36But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment, men will give account for every careless word they speak.
• 2 Peter 2:9Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment—

Commentaries on Matthew 11:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22But - it shall be more tolerable - Every thing will help to overwhelm the impenitent at the tribunal of God - the benefits and favors which they have received, as well as the sins which they have committed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 Christ reflects on the scribes and Pharisees, who had a proud conceit of themselves. He likens their behaviour to children's play, who being out of temper without reason, quarrel with all the attempts of their fellows to please them, or to get them to join in the plays for which they used to assemble. The cavils of worldly men are often very trifling and show great malice. Something they have to urge against every one, however excellent and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-24As Jesus traveled through the villages of Galilee (Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum) he revealed more of himself to the people. Because of this greater revelation, their refusal to listen brought a more severe judgment. Jesus compared their judgment to that of the pagan cities Tyre (Isaiah 23; Ezekiel 26:1–28:19), Sidon (Ezekiel 28:20–23), and Sodom (Genesis 18:22–19:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you--more endurable.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 11:22

• Impenitence
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Opportunity
• Responsibility
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Sidon
• Tyre
• Day of Judgment
• Easy
• Judgment, The final
• Justify
• Learn
• Lowly
• Meek
• Mighty

Commentaries on Matthew 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings