Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 11:23
Thou Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven — That is, highly honoured by my presence and miracles.
Thou Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven — That is, highly honoured by my presence and miracles.
MATTHEW 11:23 mh. e[wj ouvranou/ u`ywqh,sh| {B} Palaeographically it is easy to see how the reading preserved in the earliest witnesses, which represent all the pre-Byzantine types of text, was accid...
Verse Matthew 11:23. _THOU, CAPERNAUM - EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN_] A Hebrew metaphor, expressive of the utmost prosperity, and the enjoyment of the greatest privileges. This was properly spoken of this cit...
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM - See the notes at Matthew 4:13. WHICH ART EXALTED TO HEAVEN - This is an expression used to denote great privileges. He meant that they were especially favored with instruction. T...
8. THE FORERUNNER IN PRISON. THE KINGDOM PREACHING REJECTED. CHAPTER 11 1. John Imprisoned Sends his Disciples. (Matthew 11:1 .) 2. The King's Testimony Concerning John. (Matthew 11:7 .) 3. The King...
WOE TO UNBELIEVING CITIES (Luke 10:13; in the address to the Seventy). We should rather have expected to find this passage in Matthew 10. Some scholars regard the denunciation as the product of a late...
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM. Capernaum was at that time. city of 30,000 inhabitants. Its site also is disputed. Some locate it on the lake shore, and others about three miles north of the ruins of Tell-Hum....
Then he began to reproach the cities in which the most numerous of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. "Alas for you Chorazin! Alas for you Bethsaida! For, if the deeds of p...
THE SIX ACCENTS IN THE VOICE OF JESUS (Matthew 11:1-30) Matthew 11:1-30 is a chapter in which Jesus is speaking all the time; and, as he speaks to different people and about different things, we hear...
CAPERNAUM. See note on Matthew 4:13, and App-169. ART. wast. HEAVEN. the heaven. Sing, because in contrast with the earth. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. HELL. Gr _. Hades._ See App-131.
The Cities that repented not St Luke 10:13-15, where the words form part of the charge to the seventy disciples. It is instructive to compare the connection suggested by the two evangelists. In St Ma...
_Capernaum_ See map. Although Capernaum was truly exalted unto heaven in being our Lord's "own city," the thought is rather of self-exaltation. The expressions recall Isaiah 14:13-15. Capernaum has ex...
THE CITIES THAT REPENTED NOT St Luke 10:13-15, where the words form part of the charge to the seventy disciples. It is instructive to compare the connection suggested by the two evangelists. In St Ma...
Here the correction is partly a question of punctuation. The received text has καί συ, Καπερναούμ, ἡ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὑψωθεῖσα, ἕως ᾅδου καταβιβασθήσῃ. The best editors give the reading of this text: b...
Ver 20. "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, whic...
_A MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE MATTHEW 11:20-24:_ The Lord pronounced woes upon the cities where most of His mighty works were done because they did not repent. "Then He began to rebuke the cities in which...
ΎΨΩΘΉΣΗ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΎΨΌΩ (G5312) поднимать. Частица указывает, что ожидается отр. ответ на вопрос, ΚΑΤΑΒΉΣΗ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) падать, ΈΓΕΝΉΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass....
THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID THE CITIES— After reproving the Pharisees, Jesus pronounced heavy judgments against Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, cities which he had often blessed with his presence; fo...
Section 25 JESUS CONDEMNS UNBELIEVING CITIES AND INVITES BABES TO COME TO HIM TEXT: 11:20-30 I. HEARTBROKEN CONDEMNATION 20. Then began he to unbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works wer...
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day...
7 Compare Luk_7:24-30. 7 The Lord might well have spoken disparagingly of John at this juncture. Instead, He gives him a eulogy which places him on the highest pinnacle of human fame. He gives him a...
11:23 hades. (c-17) 'Hades' like 'Sheol' in the Old Testament, see Note at Psalms 6:5 , is a very vague expression used in general to designate the temporary state of departed spirits, the unseen or...
THE DISCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST 1. Tours of Jesus after dismissing His apostles. The apostles started on their mission about five weeks before the second Passover of the ministry (28 a.d.) and were away...
THE WOES UPON CHORAZIN, BETHSAIDA, AND CAPERNAUM(Luke 10:12 cp. Matthew 10:15). These were the cities in which 'most of His mighty works were done,' and yet nothing is said in the Gospels of any minis...
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM] Jesus adapts to Capernaum the prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah 14:13) upon Babylon and its king. SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL] (lit. 'Hades'). In themselves the words might simply mean...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 JOHN THE *BAPTIST ASKED A QUESTION 11:1-6 V1 Jesus finished giving instructions to his 12 *disciples. Then he went on from there...
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM. — This city had already witnessed more of our Lord’s recorded wonders than any other. That of the nobleman’s son (John 4:46), of the demoniac (Mark 1:21), the man sick of the pals...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
he diversity in the reading μὴ or ἡ ἕως, etc., does not affect the sense. In the one case the words addressed to Capernaum contain a statement of fact by Jesus; in the other a reference to a feeling p...
_Reflections by Jesus on the reception given to Him by the towns of Galilee_ (Luke 10:13-15)....
WOE OR WELCOME Matthew 11:20 _ The voice of upbraiding,_ Matthew 11:20. The Judge weeps as he pronounces the doom of those who reject Him. They would have crowned Him king, but refused to repent. See...
This picture of John is very full of pathos-from the high triumph of inspired preaching to the solitude and loneliness of a prison. John made as direct application to Jesus as his circumstances permit...
If we compare this with Luke x. 15, it will appear that Jesus Christ made twice this reproach to these two impenitent cities. (Bible de Vence)...
SOVEREIGN, DISCRIMINATING MERCY OF GOD Matthew 11:20-30. “Then He began to upbraid the cities, in which most of His mighty works were wrought, because they did not repent: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
23._And thou, Capernaum. _He expressly addresses the city of _Capernaum, _in which he had resided so constantly, that many supposed it to be his native place. It was indeed an inestimable honor, that...
From that hour we find the definitive judgment of the nation, not indeed as yet openly declared (that is in chapter 12), nor by the cessation of Christ's ministry, which wrought, notwithstanding the o...
AND THOU CAPERNAUM,.... This city is singled out from all the rest, and spoken to particularly, because of its peculiar advantages: WHICH ART EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN; which has respect to the very great...
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day....
_Then began he to upbraid the cities_ Which he had often blessed with his presence, and in which he had preached many awakening sermons, and performed many astonishing miracles. It is observable, he h...
EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN; greatly distinguished by privileges. BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL; destroyed with an aggravated destruction. REMAINED; would not have been destroyed....
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM, WHICH ART EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN, SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL; FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE IN THEE HAD BEEN DONE IN SODOM, IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED UNTIL THIS DAY....
The curse upon Capernaum:...
Throughout Israel now the Lord carries on an intensive teaching and preaching in their cities. John the Baptist hears of this in the prison, but he is deeply puzzled, for he sends two of his disciples...
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 a...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 10:24"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Verily I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."[570] Tertullian On Fasting Sodom also, and Gomorrah, would h...
Matthew 11:23 And G2532 you G4771 Capernaum G2584 who G3588 exalted G5312 (G5685) to G2193 heaven G3772 down...
“And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades, for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.” Capernaum...
JESUS CASTIGATES HIS LOCAL TOWNS FOR THEIR FAILURE TO REPENT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THEY TOO HAVE SEEN THE MESSIANIC SIGNS, BUT WITHOUT RESPONDING (11:20-24). In this chapter Jesus has already been...
Matthew 11:23. CAPERNAUM, SHALT THOU BE EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN? The correct reading is a question anticipating a negative answer: Nay, thou shalt go down, etc. The place, as the centre of our Lord's acti...
This section is a continuation of the preceding discourse. The comparison between the children of ‘this generation' and ‘wisdom' which is justified by her works, is, on the one hand, sharpened into a...
HELL (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 16:23). _...
Matthew 11:23 I. Consider first what is implied by the denunciation of Capernaum as exalted unto heaven. The Bible finds man in a garden, it leaves him in a city. We cannot but think that it is here i...
Matthew 11:20. _Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:_ They listened; sometimes, they applauded; but they repented not; and there...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities._ Whatever he commanded, he himself did. H...
CONTENTS: Answer to questions sent Jesus by John the Baptist. Judgment predicted as result of rejection of Christ. Rest for individuals who put their trust in Him. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist...
Matthew 11:3. _Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another._ Brevity here is connected with obscurity. John could not doubt, after seeing the glory, and hearing the voice from heaven. The...
AND AS FOR YOU, CAPERNAUM. Capernaum was a city of 30,000. It may have been on the lake shore, at the ruins called Tell-Hum. It was the Galilean home of Christ, who taught in the streets and houses, a...
_Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsatda!_ THE DAMNATION UNDER THE GOSPEL MORE INTOLERABLE THAN THAT OF SODOM I. There shall be a day of judgment. II. In the day of judgement some sinners...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:20 CHORAZIN was just northwest of Capernaum. For BETHSAIDA and CAPERNAUM, see note on Luke 9:10....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:1 Opposition to the Messiah Increases. There has been occasional resistance to Jesus’ ministry (e.g., Matthew 9:3). It now begins to increase sig
CHAPTER 11 _And it came to pass_, &c. _He passed from thence_ : That means, He separated Himself from His Apostles, whom He sent to preach the Gospel by themselves, both that they might prepare the wa...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 11:21. SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.—In the East, it was common for mourners to put on a black garment which resembled a sack, with holes for the arms, and to strew ashes upon the hea...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 11:1 Matthew only. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD MADE AN END. The same formula recurs in Matthew 7:28; Matthew 13:53;...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these commandments, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities (Matthew 11:1). So He sent them out in front of them, and then He...
2 Peter 2:4; Ezekiel 16:48; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 31:16; E
This city lying under greater guilt than the rest, Christ names it by itself, without the rest; nay he doth not only name it, but notify it, as being lifted up to heaven by signal favours and privileg...