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rwp@Luke:10:13 @{Would have repented} (\an metenoˆsan\). Conclusion (apodosis) of second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled. {Long ago} (\palai\). Implies a considerable ministry in these cities of which we are not told. Chorazin not mentioned save here and strkjv@Matthew:11:21|. Perhaps \Karƒzeh\ near Tell Hum (Capernaum). {Sitting in sackcloth and ashes} (\en sakk“i kai spodoi kathˆmenoi\). Pictorial and graphic. The \sakkos\ (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.


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