Luke 13:4

Luke 13:4

2 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6 He also spoke this parable: ^a“A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it¹ use up the ground?’

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The tower in Siloam (o purgov en Silwam). 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 responsibility of his hearers. Jesus makes use of public events in both these incidents to teach spiritual lessons. He gives the "moral" to the massacre of the Galilean pilgrims and the "moral" of the catastrophe at Siloam.

Offenders (ofeiletai). Literally,

debtors, not sinners as in verse Luke 13:2 and as the Authorized Version renders here. See Luke 7:41; Luke 11:4; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:24-34.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 13:4:**

Luke 14:28
John 9:2
Acts 2:5

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