Luke 13:5

5 non dico vobis sed si non paenitentiam egeritis omnes similiter peribitis

Luke 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:5

I tell you, nay
I affirm it, and you may depend upon it, they were not greater sinners than others: though such a melancholy accident befell them, not without the providence of God:

but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish;
or perish in the same manner; that is, shall be buried under the ruins of the city and temple of Jerusalem, when one stone should not be left upon another; just as these eighteen men were buried under the ruins of the tower of Siloam, of which it was a pledge and emblem; and accordingly great numbers of them did perish in the temple, and were buried under the ruins of it ^F4.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 4.

Luke 13:5 In-Context

3 non dico vobis sed nisi paenitentiam habueritis omnes similiter peribitis

4 sicut illi decem et octo supra quos cecidit turris in Siloam et occidit eos putatis quia et ipsi debitores fuerunt praeter omnes homines habitantes in Hierusalem

5 non dico vobis sed si non paenitentiam egeritis omnes similiter peribitis

6 dicebat autem hanc similitudinem arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua et venit quaerens fructum in illa et non invenit

7 dixit autem ad cultorem vineae ecce anni tres sunt ex quo venio quaerens fructum in ficulnea hac et non invenio succide ergo illam ut quid etiam terram occupat