The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers — Do Jesus' words at Matthew 11:24 mean that those whom Jehovah destroyed by fire in Sodom and Gomorrah will be resurrected?”
“A recent review of this suggests that these verses need not be taken as statements about the future for the people of Sodom/Gomorrah … irreversible destruction.”
Reverses the 1965 answer; reads Jesus' 'more endurable for Sodom' as hyperbole and concludes from Jude 7 and 2 Peter 2 that the inhabitants suffered irreversible destruction.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers — Do Jesus' words at Matthew 11:24 mean that those whom Jehovah destroyed by fire in Sodom and Gomorrah will be resurrected?
Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording and pages confirmed.
Corroborated by. src-idx-beliefs-clarified
Notes. Listed in 'Beliefs Clarified' as the 1988 change.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1988-0601-qfr-sodom