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.
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