Luke 13:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The grace and progress of God's kingdom. We saw at the close of last chapter how urgent a matter it is to get reconciled to God. Luke, in constructing his Gospel, introduces us next to a cognate thought—the necessity of repentance if judgment is to be escaped. Let us take up the orderly thoughts as they are laid before us in this passage. I. JUDGMENT EXECUTED UPON OTHERS IS A CALL TO REPENTANCE ADDRESSED TO US . (Verses 1-5.) There was a disposition then, as there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:2-3

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things! I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. "Yes," answered the Master," these, you are right, are among the dread signs of the times I spoke of; but do not dream that the doom fell on those poor victims because they were special sinners. What happened to them will soon be the doom of the whole nation, unless a great... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:1

There were present - That is, some persons who were present, and who had heard his discourse recorded in the previous chapter. There was probably a pause in his discourse, when they mentioned what had been done by Pilate to the Galileans.At that season - At that time - that is the time mentioned in the last chapter. At what period of our Lord’s ministry this was, it is not easy to determine.Some that told him - This was doubtless an event of recent occurrence. Jesus, it is probable, had not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:2-3

Suppose 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, contrary to their expectation, to make... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:1-3

Luke 13:1-3. There were present at that season When Christ spake the foregoing words; some that told him of the Galileans The followers of Judas Gaulonites, whose story Josephus has given us at large, Antiq., Luke 18:1. It appears he was the head of a sect who asserted God to be their only sovereign, and were so utterly averse to a submission to the Roman power, that they accounted it unlawful to pay tribute unto Cesar, and would rather endure the greatest torments than give any man the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

97. Warning to the Jewish nation (Luke 13:1-9)Two recent tragedies were fresh in the minds of the Jewish people. One was caused by Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, when he killed a number of Galilean Jews while they were offering sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem. The other was caused by the collapse of a tower that killed a number of Jerusalem citizens. Some Jews thought that because the victims of these tragedies met such terrible deaths, they must have been worse sinners than others.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 13:1

were present = arrived. at = in. Greek. en. App-104 . Not the same word as in Luke 13:24 . told Him = telling Him. of = about. Greek. peri. App-104 . Galilaeans . . . Pilate. Probably the cause of the enmity of Luke 23:12 . with . Greek. meta. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 13:2

Jesus ( App-98 . X). Read "He" with [L] T Tr. A WI R. were = happened to be. sinners = defaulters. Connecting it with Luke 12:58 . above . Greek para. App-104 . suffered = have suffered. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 13:1

On the final tour preceding his crucifixion, Jesus worked and taught the things recorded in this chapter: the double call to repentance (Luke 13:1-5), the parable of the fruitless fig tree (Luke 13:6-9), another sabbath miracle (Luke 13:10-17), twin parables of the mustard seed and the leaven (Luke 13:18-21), the narrow door (Luke 13:22-30), the threat from the Pharisees (Luke 13:31-33), and the lament over the Holy City (Luke 13:34-35).THE NECESSITY OF REPENTANCE FOR ALLNow there were some... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 13:2

And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?Think ye ... ? Of course, this is exactly what they thought, having in themselves the ancient prejudices reaching as far back as Job, and which attributes every calamity upon men as the just punishment of their sins. Job's friends accused him of sin, their accusation being based on his sufferings; and likewise the citizens of Malta supposed Paul to have been... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:1-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 13:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 13:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 13:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 13:2

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