And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades — the rhetorical question to Capernaum — the city that was the ministry's home base, the city of the most miracles — communicates the depth of the coming judgment. Lifted to the heavens: the expectation that the city of miracles would receive special honor. No, you will go down to Hades: the expectation is precisely inverted — the privilege of the miracles makes the rejection more culpable.

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