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Luke 10:15

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10:15 And you, Capernaum, 1  will you be exalted to heaven? 2  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 3 

Luke 10:20

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10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that 4  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice 5  that your names stand written 6  in heaven.”

Luke 17:29

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17:29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 7 

Luke 19:38

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19:38Blessed is the king 8  who comes in the name of the Lord! 9  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

1 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.

map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

2 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

3 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).

4 tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

5 tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

6 tn The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.

7 sn And destroyed them all. The coming of the Son of Man will be like the judgment on Sodom, one of the most immoral places of the OT (Gen 19:16-17; Deut 32:32-33; Isa 1:10).

8 sn Luke adds the title king to the citation from Ps 118:26 to make clear who was meant (see Luke 18:38). The psalm was used in looking for the deliverance of the end, thus leading to the Pharisees’ reaction.

9 sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.



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