Luke 13:3

3 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too.

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.

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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 Some people who were there at that time told Jesus about certain Galileans. Pilate had mixed their blood with their sacrifices.

2 Jesus said, "These people from Galilee suffered greatly. Do you think they were worse sinners than all the other Galileans?

3 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too.

4 Or what about the 18 people in Siloam? They died when the tower fell on them. Do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too."