James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:3
THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD‘Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.’Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5The murder of the Galilæans is an event of which we know nothing certain. The motives of those who told our Lord of the event we are left to conjecture. At any rate, they gave Him an opportunity of speaking to them about their own souls. He bade His informants look within, and think of their own state before God. He seems to say, ‘What though these Galilæans did die a sudden death? What is that to you?... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:1-35
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that connection uttered the great parable of the fig tree, revealing the true principles of life. There follow three full-length portraits: of Jesus, in His attitude toward this woman; of the ruler, and his objection; of the woman herself, a daughter of Abraham under the power of evil. Luke links two... read more