How terrible it will be. Chorazin has vanished. It is mentioned only here and in Luke 10:13. About two miles from the ruins of Tell-Hum (thought to be Capernaum) there are ruins now called Kerazeh which include a synagogue and columns and walls of building, which may mark the site of Chorazin. Bethsaida means "house of fish," implying it was a fishing town. It was the home of Peter, Andrew and Philip (John 1:44) who were fishermen also. It is thought that the city was built just where the Jordan empties into the Lake of Galilee. Tyre and Sidon. These were rich Phoenician trading cities on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Tyre was the commercial center of the world. These cities did not have the opportunities which Chorazin and Bethsaida were given. Sackcloth and ashes. Symbolic of turning from sin.

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