Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Luke 10:12

"I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city." — Luke 10:12 (ASV)

Sodom, destroyed along with Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24–29), represents the consequences of ignoring God’s warning to repent (cf. Matthew 10:15; 11:20–24). “More bearable” probably relates not so much to the degree of punishment as to the degree of culpability. If Sodom cannot escape judgment, what hope does a city that rejects the Lord Jesus have?