But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
That you should not say that they were by nature evil, He names Bethsaida, atown from which the Apostles had come; namely, Philip, and two pair of the chief of the Apostles, Peter and Andrew, James and John.
This makes the accusation heavier, for it is a proof of extreme wickedness, that they are worse, not only than any then living, but than the wickedest ofall past time.
