More tolerable (ανεκτοτερον). The papyri use this adjective of a convalescent. People in their vernacular today speak of feeling "…

It shall be more tolerable for Sodom, etc. The cities here mentioned, together with Admah and Zeboim, were destroyed by fire and brimstone…

For the land of Sodom and Gomorrah — The thought implied in the previous verse is now explicitly asserted. The cities that stood o…

And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go thence. And when you come into an ho…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord had said above, "The workman is worthy of his meat;" so that they would not assume from…

To settle into the house of a “worthy” (GK 545) person implies that the disciples were not to shop around for the most comfortable quarters. In thi…

Verily, I say to you. So that they may not imagine this to be an empty threat,⁵⁷⁸ Christ declares that those who reject the gos…

Verily, I say unto you
This was not all the punishment that should be inflicted on such despisers of the Gospel of C…

The gospel was not to be brought to the Gentiles until the Jews had refused it. This restraint on the apostles applied only to their first mission.…

Above, He had presented His doctrine; here, He appoints His ministers. They are described by their number, their power, and the listing of their na…