Luk 10:13 | RWP | e4.org | Would have repented ( αν μετενοησαν ). Conclusion (apodosis) of second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled. Long ago ( παλα ). Implies a considerable ministry in these cities of which we are not told. Chorazin not mentioned save here and . Perhaps Καραζε near Tell Hum (Capernaum). Sitting in sackcloth and ashes ( εν σακκω κα σποδο καθημενο ). Pictorial and graphic. The σακκος (sackcloth) was dark coarse cloth made of goat's hair and worn by penitents, mourners, suppliants. It is a Hebrew word, sag . The rough cloth was used for sacks or bags. To cover oneself with ashes was a mode of punishment as well as of voluntary humiliation.

‏ Luke 10:13

Would have repented ( αν μετενοησαν ). Conclusion (apodosis) of second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled.

Long ago ( παλα ). Implies a considerable ministry in these cities of which we are not told. Chorazin not mentioned save here and Mt 11:21. Perhaps Καραζε near Tell Hum (Capernaum).

Sitting in sackcloth and ashes ( εν σακκω κα σποδο καθημενο ). Pictorial and graphic. The σακκος (sackcloth) was dark coarse cloth made of goat's hair and worn by penitents, mourners, suppliants. It is a Hebrew word, sag. The rough cloth was used for sacks or bags. To cover oneself with ashes was a mode of punishment as well as of voluntary humiliation.