The Meaning of Luke 10:12 Explained

Luke 10:12

KJV: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

YLT: and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

Darby: I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.

ASV: I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But  I say  unto you,  that  it shall be  more tolerable  in  that  day  for Sodom,  than  for that  city. 

What does Luke 10:12 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The common characteristic of Sodom and these Palestinian cities was failure to repent when given a warning by God (cf. Genesis 19:24-29; Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:20-24; Romans 9:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 1:7). The fate of the people of Sodom had become proverbial (cf. Isaiah 1:9-10). The Sodomites had the witness of Lot, but these cities had the witness of forerunners and eyewitnesses of the Messiah. The Sodomites could have saved their city by repenting, but these cities could have entered the messianic kingdom. Therefore their guilt was greater than that of the people of Sodom.

Context Summary

Luke 10:1-16 - The Forerunners Of The Lord
In the appointment of the Seventy there was perhaps an allusion to Numbers 11:24-25. In this case, as in that, there was the endowment of conspicuous spiritual power. We can only prepare the way for our Lord. No one of us can suffice for the soul of man. We must always say with the Baptist: "There cometh one mightier than I." Would that Christ always came where we had been! See Luke 10:1.
Let us not forget to pray for laborers; but if we pray truly we shall endeavor to answer our own prayers, by going and by inciting others to go. How often a child's life becomes dedicated through hands being laid on the young head by some servant of God, who says: "When you grow up, you must work for the Lord Jesus!"
The Lord asks for simplicity. We may not in our northern climate be able to carry out these precepts precisely and literally. But the inner thought of His words is that we are to be absorbed in giving the message, leaving all things else as a very secondary question and allowing God to care for us and ours. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 10

1  Jesus sends out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach;
13  pronounces a woe against certain cities
17  The seventy return with joy;
18  he shows them wherein to rejoice,
21  and thanks his Father for his grace;
23  magnifies the happy estate of his church;
25  teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life,
30  and tells the parable of the good Samaritan;
38  reprimands Martha, and commends Mary her sister

Greek Commentary for Luke 10:12

More tolerable [ανεκτοτερον]
Comparative of the verbal adjective ανεκτος — anektos from ανεχομαι — anechomai An old adjective, but only the comparative in the N.T. and in this phrase (Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24; Luke 10:12, Luke 10:14). [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 10:12

Luke 10:12 More tolerable [ανεκτοτερον]
Comparative of the verbal adjective ανεκτος — anektos from ανεχομαι — anechomai An old adjective, but only the comparative in the N.T. and in this phrase (Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24; Luke 10:12, Luke 10:14). [source]
1 John 4:17 The day of judgment [τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως]
Lit., the day of judgment. The exact phrase occurs here only. Ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως dayof judgment, without the articles, is found Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24; Matthew 12:36; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7. The day is called the great day of their wrath (Revelation 6:17); the day of wrath and of revelation of the righteous judgement of God (Romans 2:5); the day of visitation (1 Peter 2:12); the last day (John 6:39, John 6:40, John 6:44, John 6:54); that day (Matthew 7:22; Luke 6:23; Luke 10:12). The judgment is found Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:42; Luke 10:14; Luke 11:31, Luke 11:32. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 10:12 mean?

I say to you that for Sodom in the day that more tolerable it will be than city for that
λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι Σοδόμοις ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται πόλει ἐκείνῃ

λέγω  I  say 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular
Root: λέγω 
Sense: to say, to speak.
ὑμῖν  to  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 2nd Person Plural
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
ὅτι  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
Σοδόμοις  for  Sodom 
Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Plural
Root: Σόδομα  
Sense: a city destroyed by the Lord raining fire and brimstone on it.
ἡμέρᾳ  day 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἡμέρα  
Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night.
ἐκείνῃ  that 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἐκεῖνος  
Sense: he, she it, etc.
ἀνεκτότερον  more  tolerable 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Singular, Comparative
Root: ἀνεκτός  
Sense: bearable, tolerable.
ἔσται  it  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
  than 
Parse: Conjunction
Root:  
Sense: either, or, than.
πόλει  city 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: πόλις  
Sense: a city.
ἐκείνῃ  for  that 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἐκεῖνος  
Sense: he, she it, etc.

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