Discovery BoxLuke 10:10-15 
Context10:10 But whenever 1 you enter a town 2 and the people 3 do not welcome 4 you, go into its streets 5 and say, 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town 6 that clings to our feet we wipe off 7 against you. 8 Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ 9 10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom 10 than for that town! 11
10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! 12 Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if 13 the miracles 14 done in you had been done in Tyre 15 and Sidon, 16 they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! 10:15 And you, Capernaum, 17 will you be exalted to heaven? 18 No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 19
1 tn Grk “whatever town you enter,” but this is more often expressed in English as “whenever you enter a town.”
2 tn Or “city.”
3 tn Grk “and they”; the referent (the people who live in the town) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn More discussion takes place concerning rejection (the people do not welcome you), as these verses lead into the condemnation of certain towns for their rejection of God’s kingdom.
5 tn The term πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to the “broad street,” so this refers to the main roads of the town.
6 tn Or “city.”
7 sn See Luke 9:5, where the verb is different but the meaning is the same. This was a sign of rejection.
8 tn Here ὑμῖν (Jumin) has been translated as a dative of disadvantage.
9 tn Or “has come near.” As in v. 9 (see above), the combination of ἐγγίζω (engizw) with the preposition ἐπί (epi) is decisive in showing that the sense is “has come” (see BDAG 270 s.v. ἐγγίζω 2, and W. R. Hutton, “The Kingdom of God Has Come,” ExpTim 64 [Dec 1952]: 89-91).
10 sn The allusion to Sodom, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious than the worst sins of the old era and will result in more severe punishment. The noun Sodom is in emphatic position in the Greek text.
11 tn Or “city.”
12 sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after
13 tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.
14 tn Or “powerful deeds.”
15 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
16 sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”
map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
17 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.
18 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.
19 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).
