Luke 13:3

3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

Luke 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:3

I tell you, nay,
&c,] They were not greater sinners than others of their neighbours, nor is it to be concluded from the bloody slaughter that was made of them; others might be much more deserving of such an end than they, who yet escaped it:

but except ye repent;
of sin, and particularly of the disbelief of the Messiah:

ye shall likewise perish;
or perish, in like manner, as these Galileans did: and so it came to pass in the destruction of Jerusalem, that great numbers of the unbelieving Jews, even three hundred thousand men were destroyed at the feast of passover F3; and that for sedition, as these men very likely were.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 Vid. Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 11. & l. 7. c. 17. Euseb. l. 3. c. 5.

Luke 13:3 In-Context

1 At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2 And He responded to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things?
3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
4 Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed-do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem?
5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!"
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