Luke 13:2

Luke 13:2 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
• New King James Version (NKJV)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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered?

Context of Luke 13:2

1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4Or 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?

Luke 13:2 word by word

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· δοκεῖτε ὅτι οἱ Γαλιλαῖοι οὗτοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς Γαλιλαίους ἐγένοντο ὅτι ταῦτα πεπόνθασιν;Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Suppose yeδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• GalileansΓαλιλαῖοςGalilaios · GalileanG1057
• wereγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
• aboveπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they sufferedπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• such thingsτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108

Cross-references for Luke 13:2

• Luke 13:4Or 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?
• Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
• John 9:2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
• Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

Commentaries on Luke 13:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Suppose ye … - From this answer it would appear that they supposed that the fact that these men had been slain in this manner proved that they were very great sinners. I tell you, Nay - Jesus assured them that it was not right to draw such a conclusion respecting these men. The fact that men come to a sudden and violent death is not proof that they are especially wicked. Except ye repent - Except you forsake your sins and turn to God. Jesus took occasion…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jesus was responding to a popular claim that bad things only happen to bad people. Sin has negative consequences, but not every bad thing is a result of sin. Jesus then clarified that all people are sinners who need to repent (13:3, 5; see Job 4:7; 8:4, 20; 22:5; see also Psalms 34:21; 75:10; Proverbs 3:33; 10:3, 6–7, 16, 24–25; John 9:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-3. Galileans--possibly the followers of Judas of Galilee, who, some twenty years before this, taught that Jews should not pay tribute to the Romans, and of whom we learn, from Ac 5:37, that he drew after him a multitude of followers, who on his being slain were all dispersed. About this time that party would be at its height, and if Pilate caused this detachment of them to be waylaid and put to death as they were offering their sacrifices at one of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:2

• Impenitence
• Repentance

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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