Luke 13:4

Luke 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
• New King James Version (NKJV)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?

Context of Luke 13:4

2Jesus replied, ‘Think about those people from Galilee. Perhaps you think that they had done more bad things than other people from Galilee. Do you think that is why they had to die? 3No! But I tell you this. All of you have done many bad things. So you must change how you live and you must turn to God. If you do not, you will also die as they did. And you remember what happened to those 18 people in Siloam. A high building fell down and it killed them. Perhaps you think that they had done more bad things than the other people in Jerusalem. 5But I tell you, no, they had not. All of you have also done many bad things. So you must change how you live and you must turn to God. If you do not, you will also die as they did.’ 6Then Jesus told this story. ‘A man had a garden where he grew fruit. He had planted a fig tree there. But when he came to look for fruit on it, he could not find any.

Luke 13:4 word by word

Ἢ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτὼ ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωὰμ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς, δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοὶ ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Orἤē · orG2228
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• eighteenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• eighteenδέκαdeka · tenG1176
• eighteenκαίkai · andG2532
• eighteenὀκτώoktō · eightG3638
• uponἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the towerπύργοςpurgos · towerG4444
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• SiloamΣιλωάμSilōam · SiloamG4611
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• slewἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• think yeδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• theyοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wereγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• sinnersὀφειλέτηςopheiletēs · debtorG3781
• aboveπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• that dweltκατοικέωkatoikeō · to dwellG2730
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419

Cross-references for Luke 13:4

• Nehemiah 3:15Col-Hozeh's son, Shallun, repaired the Fountain Gate. He was the ruler of the region of Mizpah. Shallun built a roof over the Fountain Gate. He fixed its doors in their place, as well as their wooden bars and iron bars. Shallun also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam, near the king's garden. He repaired the wall as far as the steps that come down from the City of David.
• John 9:7Jesus said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Siloam pool.’ (The name Siloam means ‘Sent’.) So the man went there and he washed himself. When he returned, now he could see.
• 1 Kings 20:30The other soldiers ran back to Aphek. When they went into the city, the city wall fell on 27,000 of them. King Ben-Hadad also ran into the city. He hid in a room at the back of a house.
• Job 1:19Suddenly there was a strong storm that came from the desert. The wind destroyed the house where your children were. The house fell on them and it killed them. I was the only one who escaped. I ran here to tell you what has happened.’
• Luke 7:41‘Someone had lent two men some money. He had lent one of them 500 silver coins. He had lent the other one 50 coins.
• Luke 11:4Forgive us for our sins, because we also forgive everyone who has done wrong things against us. And do not let us agree to do wrong things.” ’
• Matthew 6:12We have forgiven people who have done wrong things to us. In the same way, please forgive us for the wrong things that we have done.
• Matthew 18:24So the king began to check. His men led a servant to him who had a big debt. He must pay back 10,000 gold coins to the king.

Commentaries on Luke 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The 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, , a Jewish phrase for sinners. Persons professing to be under the law are bound by the law to be obedient to all its precepts; those who obey not are reckoned debtors to the law, or rather to that Divine justice from which the law came. A different word is used when speaking of the Galileans: they are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Or 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 tower in Siloam fell - The name Siloah or Siloam is found only three times in the Bible as applied to water - once in Isaiah 8:6, who speaks of it as running water; once as a pool near to the king‘s garden in Nehemiah 3:15; and once as a pool, in the account of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4when the tower of Siloam collapsed: This incident is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture or other known records. The pool of Siloam was a reservoir in the southeastern part of Jerusalem. The tower may have been part of Jerusalem’s southern wall.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. tower in Siloam--probably one of the towers of the city wall, near the pool of Siloam. Of its fall nothing is known.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:4

• Repentance
• Siloam
• Tower

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
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• Nay
• Repent
• Siloam, Tower of
• Towers
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
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Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings