Comparative of a derivative of anechomai; more endurable. W. Whiston, from Latin. Jesus teaching perhaps mildly interested them, and His miracles entertained them, but nothing more. The port of ancient Sidon is believed to have been located in this area. ((m) Philocalia, p. 109. (11:24). Ezekiel referred to this event long before it happened. Have the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah been found along with evidence they were destroyed by a meteor? Millions today wrongly believe either that God is capricious, sending to damnation billions who never heard His message preached, or that He is inconsistent, giving salvation to some who did not hear His gospel preached. Yet because they ignored and rejected the Son of God, their fate on the day of judgment will be worse than that of Sodom. 2. Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off. You shall descend to Hades. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywherethis was before the. Answer: A surface reading indicates Jesus is saying the people of Sodom and Gomorrah will be present at judgment. If the people of Sodom had had your chances, the city would still be around. All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.. woe unto thee, Bethsaida! PlacesSodom and Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness. But most people today do not realize how this fits into Gods plan for mankind. Thus they separated from each other. Genesis 18 records the Lord and two angels coming to speak with Abraham. "[3], Jerome: " The careful reader will hesitate here; If Tyre and Sidon could have done penitence at the preaching of the Saviour, and His miracles, they are not in fault that they believed not; the sin is his who would not preach to bring them to penitence. He probably walked the colonnaded street, passing the hippodrome. You have borne the penalty of your lewdness and abominations, the Lord declares. Later, Jacob spoke of it as the boundary of Zebulun (Gn 49:13) and Joshua included it as part of the land promised to Israel (Jos 13:6). Later in His ministry, Jesus visited the region of Sidon and Tyre. As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride, before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistinesthose surrounding you who despise you. It was a city of great extent and splendor, and extensive commerce. You are also the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Today Tyre is a depressed city that suffered greatly during Lebanon's civil war and Israel's subsequent occupation of southern Lebanon. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! Ethbaal was the father of Jezebel and king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. [1][2], Saint Remigius: " And they have made the sins not of Sodom only and Gomorrah, but of Tyre and Sidon light in comparison, and therefore it follows, For if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would perhaps have remained unto this day. Thus they separated from each other. by Kevin DeYoung. Finally, it seems to me we must take seriously what our Lord solemnly declares, for he, according to John 5:22, is to be the judge at the great white throne. Both Jeremiah (27:3-11) and Ezekiel (26:7-14) spoke of this event. When Paul returned to Palestine from his third missionary journey, he sailed into Tyre. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! The expression of their faces bears witness against them. Most Recent Articles Written by Henry B. Smith Jr. The inhabitants of Sidon and Tyre offended Herod Agrippa I and came to visit him at Jerusalem. When Jesus said that the day of judgment would be "more tolerable" for Sodom and Gomorrah, and for Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 10:15; 11:22, 24), He was revealing that the residents of these cities had not yet had their first opportunity to understand His message. And he said, Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servants house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way. They said however, No, but we shall spend the night in the square. Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.read more.Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; and they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. Today each is just a shadow of their former selves. But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him. It is believed the Castle sits over the site of the Phoenician temple to Melkart. They are mentioned frequently in the prophets and the New Testament as symbols of human wickedness and divine retribution, and the . Who were the scribes that often argued with Jesus? #1. See the notes at Isaiah 23. The Khirbet el-Maqatir Rams Head: Evidence of the Israelite Destruction of Ai? The modern isthmus that joins the island to the mainland holds streets of houses and shops. The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. It was famous for its great trade and navigation. All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Luke 10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. Or, than. Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. . And he said, Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servants house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way. They said however, No, but we shall spend the night in the square.. As I live, declares the Lord God, Sodom, your sister and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. It would appear, therefore, that God could not have given to the people of Tyre and Sidon the evidences of the mighty miracles of Christ that he gave to Capernaum and Chorazin. They were therefore well known to the Jews. The Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?read more.For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him. And the Lord said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman, "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 6, St. John. Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the. Harris spent a decade working in the area. At that time, Judah was lost in idolatry and rebellion against God. Our visit to Lebanon gave me a new appreciation of many Biblical passages. Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.. "[3], Saint Remigius: " We may also answer in another way. Thus, New Testament Tyre and Sidon were prosperous Roman port cities. Jeremiah 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. The expression of their faces bears witness against them,And they display their sin like Sodom;They do not even conceal it.Woe to them!For they have brought evil on themselves. It is believed the Castle sits over the site of the Phoenician temple to Melkart. "Heathen" cities would have received him better than the cities of the Jews, his native land. Judgment against the moral abominations of Sodom will be exceeded by judgment against the spiritual indifference of Capernaum. I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze;Yet you have not returned to Me, declares the Lord. Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Peabody MA: Hendrickson. Beyond its prominence in the second millennium BC, Sidon's greatest days did not come until after the days of Nebuchadnezzar. Not be denied, after only a seven-month siege of the island city, he did what no one else had ever considered possible. Therefore, says Christ, the men of Nineveh and the Queen of Sheba will be summoned as witnesses at the Final Judgment against the people of Capernaum and Chorazin. And because of their indifferent unbelief, Jesus said to them, I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! It was afterward rebuilt, and was at length taken by Alexander the Great, after a most obstinate siege of five months. Then Jesus began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Tyre comes from the Semetic sr (Hebrew Sor, Arabic Sur, Babylonian Surru, Egyptian Dr,) meaning rock. King David and Solomon: Men or Myths? Yet those marvels had little impact on most citizens of Capernaum; and because of their indifference they would not be exalted to heaven as they thought they deserved but would rather descend to Hades. Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there. He spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it on account of the forty. Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. And he said, Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the twenty. Then he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it on account of the ten., for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.. Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous. Peter called the Church "the house of God"true Christians whose eyes have been opened to understand Christs message. In these striking and sobering contrasts, Jesus makes plain that . It was such a costly process that purple clothing was considered a symbol of wealth and royalty. You. Today each is just a shadow of their former selves. Join us in our mission! Yet, while Sidon was mentioned many times during the Canaanite and early Israelite periods in the Bible, Tyre first appeared as part of Asher's western boundary (Jos 19:29). Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness. In the days of Ezra and Zerubbabel, the Jews returning from captivity also sent to the men of Sidon and Tyre for cedars to build the Second Temple. All nations will then come up to Jerusalem, the "world headquarters" of Christs government, to be taught (Isaiah 2:14). Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. Both are now located in Lebanon, with Tyre 20 mi south of Sidon and only 12 mi north of the Israel-Lebanon border. It exports tobacco, oil, fruit, and silk, but the amount of exports is small. Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Interestingly, while Hiram continued to be the dominant Lebanese contact, Solomon spoke of the woodworking skills of the Sidonians (possibly just a generic term for Phoenicians?) Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous. Abraham came near and said, Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Nevertheless, I say to you, Jesus continued, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. In time the causeway was enlarged by rubble and sand deposits washed up by waves. 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You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. Hiram, king of Tyre, offered cedar trees, carpenters and masons to build David's palace (2 Sm 5:11). woe unto thee, Bethsaida! Vol. Just as during the "Church Age," people will be judged by their obedience to Gods word. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Why did Lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped? And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim, against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasarfour kings against five. The truth is far more inspiring. A Christian Apologetics Ministry Dedicated to Demonstrating the Historical Reliability of the Bible through Archaeological and Biblical Research. The Sea Castle in the harbor today was originally built as a Crusader fort to protect the harbor. In 126 BC, now a peninsula extending into the Mediterranean, Tyre became a Roman province and later the capital of Rome's Syria-Phoenician province. For they have brought evil on themselves. English Standard Version . He tells us there are six Muslim mosques, a Jewish synagogue, a Maronite, Latin, and Greek church. The issue at stake will be: did the men of Capernaum and Chorazin have enough evidence to lead them to repentance and faith, if they had been willing to repent? As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride. However, the Bible does not teach that all who ever lived will be resurrected. It seems to me that we should distinguish very clearly in our minds the temporal judgments of God, both in past ages and in this present age, and the Final Judgment. 1350 BC). . They were situated on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and were in the western part of Judea. It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you Ezekiel 16:48-56 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, . Or the words of Matthew, Then began he to upbraid the towns, must be taken, as some think, as expressing some particular time by the word then, but not referring generally to that time in which the many other things here told were done and said. For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the, Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the. And if they had enough evidence, and yet refused to repent, or if they refused to seek the truth that was available to them, if only they made an effort to find it, they will be rightly condemned on that ground. Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Works (66) Titles . They are also important cities in the Old and New Testaments. Many scholars follow Josephus (. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. Understanding Historical Parallels, App Review: iWitness Biblical Archaeology, Jesus Christ on the Inerrancy of Scripture, Correlating the Texts of Ancient Literature with the Old Testament, Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered, Further Considerations on the Location of Bethel at El-Bireh, Unfolding a Mystery: My Investigations into the Baris Question, Insights from the Animal Kingdom on the Scope of Noah's Flood, Creation or the Flood? Primarily constructed for chariot races, as in the movie Ben Hur, the ends of this racing oval were marked by turning stones called metae which still sit in place. While Tyre seemed to withstand Nebuchadnezzar, it was not prepared for Alexander 250 years later. He performed more miracles and preached more sermons in and around Capernaum than at any other place during His entire ministry. New York: Oxford University Press. . and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The mound was formed by tens of thousands of crushed murex shells from the city's famed purple dye industry. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! I do not suppose that I have satisfied you, or given a final, adequate explanation of the problem, though I trust that my remarks may have contributed a little to its solution. The tight high-speed turns at the metae created the most exciting and dangerous part of the race, often leading to dramatic collisions and spills. While both were significant Roman cities on the eastern Mediterranean, their leaders felt the need to keep in Herod's favor. 247-50 in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Ancient Near East 5, ed. The meaning is, that they would have repented with "expressions of deep sorrow." How can we understand this? And the cause wherefore they could not believe, the Gospel hath not hidden, speaking thus; Though he did so great miracles before them, yet could they not believe, as Esaias said, I have blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart. The tight high-speed turns at the metae created the most exciting and dangerous part of the race, often leading to dramatic collisions and spills. But those who survived fled to the hill country. Tyre and Sidon - These were cities of Phoenicia, formerly very opulent, and distinguished for merchandise. Zimrida, king of Sidon wrote one (EA [El Amarna] 144, ) or maybe two (EA 145) of the Amarna Letters. The golden age of Sidon was still to come. Why did God allow Lots daughters to later have sex with their father? Tyre is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament as being the place through which Solomon derived many of the materials for building the temple, 2 Chronicles 2:11-16. Since the question you ask is a knotty question indeed, I think that the best I can do by way of reply is to make a number of suggestions. So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Later David utilized the help of Sidonians and Tyrians to provide cedar trees for the Temple (1 Chr 22:4). My next point would be this. Even today, there is only one hotel and few restaurants for tourists. Elijah's visit was to the port city of Zaraphath (Serepta to the Greeks and modern Sarafand), almost mid-way between Sidon and Tyre. And the Lord said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled. The whole teaching of St. Paul in Romans 2, all the wider hopes of later times as to the future of mankind, are but the development of the truth partly declared and partly suggested here. for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Ethbaal was the father of Jezebel and king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Now, that is a bigger problem than the problem of the people of Tyre and Sidon, Sodom and Gomorrah, and it remains a problem to this very present day, when there are still multitudes of people on earth who have never really heard of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Guest. In a similar way, whole cities like Dresden were flattened under the Allied bombing, and thousands of men, women, and innocent children were simultaneously destroyed by the Allies as a result of the unrepentance of their political leaders. Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Ezekiel: "Thou shalt be built no more; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again" Ezekiel 26:21. Apparently both Tyre and Sidon surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar, based on a fragmentary Babylonian administrative document which mentions the kings of Tyre and Sidon as receiving rations from the royal Babylonian household (Pritchard 1969a: 308).