Difference between revisions of "Chorazin"

<p> '''''kō̇''''' -'''''rā´zin''''' ( Χοραζίν , <i> '''''Chorazı́n''''' </i> , Matthew 11:21; Χωραζίν , <i> '''''Chōrazı́n''''' </i> , Luke 10:13; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Χοραζείν , <i> '''''Chorazeı́n''''' </i> ): A city whose name appears only in the woe pronounced against it by Christ ( Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13 ). Its appearance there, however, shows that it must have been a place of some importance, and highly privileged by the ministry of Jesus. It was already deserted in the time of Eusebius, who places it 2 miles from Capernaum ( <i> Onomasticon </i> , under the word). We can hardly doubt that it is represented by the extensive ruins of <i> '''''Kerāzeh''''' </i> , on the heights to the north of <i> '''''Tell Ḥūm''''' </i> . It is utterly desolate: a few carved stones being seen among the heaps. There are traces of a Roman road which connected the ancient city with the great highway between north and south which touched the lake shore at <i> '''''Khān Minyeh''''' </i> ̌ . </p>

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