King James Version
Luke 10:12 in the King James Version says “But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.”
Luke 10:12 · KJV
But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“for that”
G1565that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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