What does Luke 13:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinnersa above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?"
Verse Luke 13:4. _THE TOWER IN SILOAM_] This tower was probably built over one of the porticoes near the pool, which is mentioned John 9:7. See also Nehemiah 3:15. _Debtors_, οφειλεται, a Jewish phr...
OR THOSE EIGHTEEN - Jesus himself adds another similar case, to warn them - a case which had probably occurred not long before, and which it is likely they judged in the same manner. UPON WHOM THE TOW...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. (Luke 13:18)...
EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE. The theme of Luke 12:57 is continued and illustrated by references to two incidents and by a parable. The section is peculiar to Lk. A company of Galilean pilgrims had come...
At this time some men came and told Jesus about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. "Do you think," he answered, "that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Gali...
UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. IN. Greek _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 13:21. SILOAM. See App-68. Compare Nehemiah 3:16; Isaiah 8:6; John 19:7. SLEW. killed. MEN. Greek. _anthropos._ A...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
Luke 13:1-9. ACCIDENTS AND JUDGMENTS. THE BARREN FIG-TREE...
VER 1. THERE WERE PRESENT AT THAT SEASON SOME THAT TOLD HIM OF THE GALILEANS, WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MINGLED WITH THEIR SACRIFICES. 2. AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID TO THEM, SUPPOSE YOU THAT THESE GALILEAN...
_AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE -- LUKE 13:1-9:_ Some people came to Jesus and told Him about Pilate killing people and mixing their blood with their sacrifices. It was a common held belief that disaste...
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THE TOWER IN SILOAM— This tower, by its name, appears to have been built beside the bason, or pool of Siloam, (see John 9:7.) whose waters running into a lower bason, formed what was called _the pool...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Repentance Defined (Luke 13:1-9) 13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And he...
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? OR THOSE EIGHTEEN, UPON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL -...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
UPON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL. — Here, again, we have a reference to an incident not recorded elsewhere. It was clearly one that had impressed the minds of men with horror, as a special judgment....
_The Galilean tragedy_, peculiar to Lk., as is the greater part of what follows, on to Luke 18:14....
BOTH REPENTANCE AND FRUITFULNESS REQUIRED Luke 13:1-9 Our Lord did not hesitate to hang great lessons on passing events. It is a great art to lead men's thoughts from the outward and transient to th...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in (b) Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? (b) That is, in the place, or river: for Siloam was a...
_Or those eighteen, &c. The Almighty permitted these people to be thus chastised, that the others might be filled with fear and apprehension at the sight of another's dangers, and thus become the heir...
DOOM OF THE IMPENITENT Luke 13:1-5. _“And there were certain ones at that time announcing to Him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices. And responding, He said to...
10. _Conversation on two Events of the Day: Luke 13:1-9_. Luke does not say that the following event took place immediately after the preceding, but only in a general way, ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ (Luke 13:1...
(1) There were present at that season, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. (2) And Jesus answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilea...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
OR THOSE EIGHTEEN,.... Men; the Persic version reads, "those twelve"; but all copies, and other versions, agree in this number: UPON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL, AND SLEW THEM; there was a pool nea...
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? Ver. 4. _The tower of Siloam_] A tower, belike, upon the w...
_Or those eighteen_, &c. The case here referred to seems to have occurred lately, and may seem, in some respects, more to the purpose than the former, as there was no human interposition attending the...
TOWER IN SILOAM; probably in the wall of Jerusalem, near the south-east corner, where was the pool of Siloam. See comment on John 9:7....
LAST ADMONITIONS TO REPENTANCE. The lesson of the Galilean tragedy:...
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
SINNERS: Or, debtors...
1-5 Mention was made to Christ of the death of some Galileans. This tragical story is briefly related here, and is not met with in any historians. In Christ's reply he spoke of another event, which, l...
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THE FIRE HAS BEGUN TO FALL. LET THEM THEREFORE LEARN THEIR LESSON FROM IT (13:1-5). Having declared that He will cast fire on earth, preliminary examples of it are now given, one an act of the civil...
TIME. We have no further information as to the time of the massacre mentioned in Luke 13:1, tidings of which seem to have just arrived. Views: 1. The time was immediately after the discourse of chap....
THE TOWER IN SILOAM (ο πυργος εν Σιλωαμ). Few sites have been more clearly located than this. Jesus mentions this accident (only in Luke) of his own accord to illustrate still further the responsib...
Luke 13:1. _There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices._ This was a matter of common town talk, so of course they bro...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
WHAT ABOUT THOSE EIGHTEEN IN SILOAM? Only Luke tells of this. The lesson is the same as before. They were not killed because they were worse sinners. All must turn from sin, or perish! [Siloam was a s...
_The Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled_ TEACHINGS FROM TRAGEDIES We shall miss the very point of Christ’s teaching if we suppose that he meant to lessen our sense of the inseparable connecti...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:1 The incidents concerning Pilate killing the GALILEANS and the fall of the TOWER IN SILOAM are not recorded elsewhere in Scripture. WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MINGLED. See note on 23...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:1. THERE WERE PRESENT.—The phrase is a peculiar one, and might be translated, “then there came up” or “arrived,” perhaps to bring tidings of this outrage. WHOSE BLOOD.—The phr...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 THERE WERE PRESENT AT THAT SEASON SOME THAT TOLD...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 1...
1 Kings 20:30; Job 1:19; John 9:11; John 9:7; Luke 11:4; Luke 7:41; Luke 7:42; Matthew 18:24; Matthew 6:12; Nehemiah 3:15...
Sinners [ο φ ε ι λ ε τ α ι]. Lit., debtors. Possibly with reference to the figure at the close of the last chapter. Compare Matthew 5:25; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:24; Luke 11:4....
Another instance our Saviour gives of persons that fell by. sudden death, even eighteen that were slain by the fall of. tower in Jerusalem. He takes occasion from thence to caution the Jews, that they...