The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

But; πλήν: howbeit (Revised Version). Setting this aside (comp. Bishop Lightfoot, on Philippians 3:16); whatever might have been does not matter; this shall be. I say unto yon, It shall be more tolerable for Tyro and Sidon at the day of judgment (Matthew 10:15, note) than for you.

"Pessimis pejores event et insanabiliores" (Wetstein).

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