Luke 13:4

Luke 13:4 in other versions

• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?

Context of Luke 13:4

2And 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. 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? 5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

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

• 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 3:15But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
• John 9:7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
• 1 Kings 20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
• Job 1:19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
• Luke 7:41There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
• Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• Matthew 18:24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

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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• 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