John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:3
I tell you, nay , They were not greater sinners than others of their neighbours, nor is it to be concluded from the bloody slaughter that was made of them; others might be much more deserving of such an end than they, who yet escaped it: but except ye repent ; of sin, and particularly of the disbelief of the Messiah: ye shall likewise perish ; or perish, in like manner, as these Galileans did: and so it came to pass in the destruction of Jerusalem, that great numbers of the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:2
And Jesus answering, said unto them ,.... Neither approving, nor condemning Pilate's action; and though he allowed the Galileans to be sinners, which could not be denied, he does not bear hard upon them, but improves the instance for the conviction of his hearers, and in order to show them the necessity of repentance, and to bring them to it: suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things ? such a supposition they seem to have... read more