Mark 6:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὃσοι ἂν μὴ δέξωνταί ὑμᾶς, μηδὲ ἀκούσωσιν ὑμῶν, ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκεῖθεν, ἐκτινάξατε τὸν χοῦν τὸν ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται Σοδόμοις ἤ Γομόρροις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως, ἤ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνη.

Transliteration

And whoever an not dexōntai you, nor akousōsin you, ekporeuomenoi from there, ektinaxate the choun the hypokatō of the podōn of you for martyrion to them. Amēn legō to you, More anektoteron estai for Sodomois or Gomorrois in hēmera kriseōs, than the polei that.

Grammar Details

• *an dexōntai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd plural with conditional particle - they might receive
• *akousōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might hear/listen to
• *ekporeuomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - going out/departing
• *ektinaxate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - shake off
• *choun*: accusative, masculine, singular - dust/soil/dirt
• *hypokatō*: adverb/preposition with genitive - underneath/beneath
• *podōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - feet
• *martyrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - testimony/witness
• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *anektoteron*: comparative adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - more tolerable/bearable
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - it will be
• *Sodomois*: dative, masculine, plural - for Sodom
• *Gomorrois*: dative, masculine, plural - for Gomorrah
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day
• *kriseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of judgment
• *polei*: dative, feminine, singular - city/town

Word Meanings

• *dexōntai*: receive/welcome/accept
• *akousōsin*: hear/listen to/heed
• *ekporeuomenoi*: going out/departing/leaving
• *ektinaxate*: shake off/dust off/remove
• *choun*: dust/soil/dirt
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence against
• *anektoteron*: more tolerable/more bearable/easier
• *hēmera kriseōs*: day of judgment/judgment day

Referenced Verses

• Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
• Neh 5:13 : 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
• Matt 10:14-15 : 14 ‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.› 15 ‹Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.›
• Luke 9:5 : 5 ‹And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.›
• Luke 10:10-15 : 10 ‹But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,› 11 ‹Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.› 12 ‹But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.› 13 ‹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.› 14 ‹But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.› 15 ‹And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.›
• Acts 13:50-51 : 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
• John 15:22-24 : 22 ‹If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.› 23 ‹He that hateth me hateth my Father also.› 24 ‹If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.›
• Matt 11:20-24 : 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 ‹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.› 22 ‹But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.› 23 ‹And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.› 24 ‹But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.›
• Matt 12:36 : 36 ‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›
• Ezek 16:48-51 : 48 [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good]. 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
• Heb 10:26-31 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 [It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• 1 John 4:17 : 17 ¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
• Jude 1:7 : 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.