But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Christ was going on in the praise of John the Baptist and his ministry, but here stops on a sudden, and turns that to the reproach of those who enjoyed both that, and the ministry of Christ and his apostles too, in vain.
Commenting on Matthew 11:16-24
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 privileges this place enjoyed, it being the city where Christ chose to dwell, and for a time fixed his abode in; where he first began to preach, and where such a train...
Verse 22. (v) "It shall be more tolerable"