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Luke 10

Luke 10:12

Jesus Sends the Seventy-Two · Luke 10:1–12
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Translations

Modern
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Traditional
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Literal
I say to you that for Sodom in that day it will be more bearable than for that city.
Latin
Dico vobis, quia Sodomis in die illa remissius erit, quam illi civitati.

Original

Greek
English
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Notes

Luke 10:12

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of their wickedness (Genesis 18:16–19:29).

Luke 10:1–20

the Lord appointed seventy-two others: The mission of the twelve disciples represented the ministry of Jesus to Israel (9:1–6). This mission represented his outreach to the Gentiles. The number 72 represents the nations of the world. Genesis 10 lists 70 nations in the Hebrew text, but the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) lists 72.

Luke, who used the Septuagint, likely wrote 72, and then a later scribe changed it to match the Hebrew text. The main idea is that the good news about Jesus and the kingdom of God is for both Jews and Gentiles.

Events

Parallels

Matthew 9:35–38

Places

Sodom: Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Heal, Healing Luke, Gospel of Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Being Assertive Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Jesus, the Christ: Commissions the Seventy Disciples (In Samaria) Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Judgment: The General Responsibility: According to Privilege Seventy: The Seventy Disciples Sent Forth by Jesus (Though the Best Greek Mss Have |Seventy-Two|) Sodomites: To be Judged According to Opportunity