Luke 10:13,14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Woe unto thee, Chorazin!— Having mentioned the punishment of those cities which shouldreject his ministers, it naturally introduced the state and punishment of the cities where he himself had preached most frequently, namely, Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum; for, notwithstanding he had often resided in those cities, and performed many miracles before the inhabitants of them, they had continued impenitent; wherefore, because he was never to preach to them any more, and because he knew how great their punishment would be—in the overflowing tenderness of his soul, he affectionately lamented their obstinacy, which he foresaw would draw upon them the heavier judgments. This part of his discoursetoo was well calculated to comfort the seventy under the ill usage they might meet with. The preaching of Christ himself had often been unacceptable, and unsuccessful to many of his hearers, and therefore they had the less cause to be surprised, if theirs should prove so likewise. Considering the affectionate temper of our Lord, it is no wonder that he should renew his lamentation over those unhappy places where he had so intimately conversed; and that he should do it in such words as these, so well calculated to alarm and impress all that should hear or read them. Would to God they might now have their due weight with those, who might pass them over too slightly when they occurred before! Matthew 11:20; Matthew 11:30. Would to God that every impenitent creature who reads them might know, that the sentence of his own condemnation is now before his eyes!