Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum (11:21,23): all three near the Sea of Galilee’s northwest shore.[bsg_ref id="85" vol="" page="44"] The doom pronounced against Capernaum and the other unbelieving cities (Matt. 11:23) has been remarkably fulfilled. Tell Hum, its generally accepted site, is an uninhabited place two and a half miles SW of where the Jordan enters the Sea of Galilee.[bsg_ref id="83" vol="" page="209"]
Tyre and Sidon (11:21) were large Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean, not far away, and often denounced by OT prophets for their Baal worship (Isa 23; Ezek 26-28; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:9-10; Zech 9:2-4).[bsg_ref id="79" vol="" page="273"]
Sackcloth and ashes (11:21): The Israelites used sackcloth as a ritual sign of repentance or a token of mourning. The dark color and coarse texture of this goat’s hair material made it ideal for that use.[bsg_ref id="77" vol="" page="480"] Ashes were added in cases of deep emotion (cf. Job 42:6; Dan 9:3), whether one put them on the head (2 Sam 13:19; Lam 2:10), sat in them (Jonah 3:6), lay on them (Esth 4:3), or even rolled in them (Jer 6:26; Mic 1:10).[bsg_ref id="79" vol="" page="273"]
Hades (11:23): is the place of the dead.[bsg_ref id="85" vol="" page="44"]
Yoke (11:29): A yoke was a piece of timber or a heavy wooden pole, shaped to fit over the neck with curved pieces of wood around the neck fastened to the pole, and was used to hitch together a team of draft animals so that they could pull heavy loads evenly.[bsg_ref id="82" vol="5" page="1022"]

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Matthew – 15

Luke – 5

Matthew – 4