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Luke 10:15

Luke 10:15
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven,.... Referring either to the situation of it, which was on a very high hill; or to its privileges, through the ministry and miracles of Christ; or the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To hell - To hades. See this explained, Mat 11:23 (note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 10:1-16

We have here the sending forth of seventy disciples, two and two, into divers parts of the country, to preach the gospel, and to work miracles in those places which Christ himself designed to visit,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And thou, Capernaum)Christ's "own city."

exalted to heaven by inestimable spiritual privileges. "Admitted into a holier sanctuary, they were guilty of a deeper sacrilege." A better reading is (for ἡ ……