Matthew 11:22

22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

Matthew 11:22 in Other Translations

22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

22 I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.

22 At Judgment Day they'll get off easy compared to you.

22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

22 I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

22 But I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 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.

Matthew 11:22 In-Context

20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

Cross References

• 1. ver 24; Matthew 10:15