Luke 13:2 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 13:2

To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they have suffered these things?

KJV

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The murder of the Galileans, mentioned in the first verse of this passage — is an event of which we know nothing certain. We are left to conjecture what the motives were, of those who told our Lord of the event. At any rate, they gave Him an opportunity of speaking to them about their own souls, which He did not fail to employ. He seized the event, as His manner was, and made a practical use of it. He bade His informants look within, and think of their own state before God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And we might as justly conclude that the oppressors, and Pilate among the rest, on whose side are power and success, are the greatest saints, as that the oppressed, and those Galileans among the rest, who are all in tears and have no comforter, no, not the priests and Levites that attended the altar, are the greatest sinners.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 festivals, that would be "mingling their blood with their sacrifices" [GROTIUS, WEBSTER and WILKINSON, but doubted by DE WETTE, MEYER, ALFORD, &c.].

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἀποκριθεὶς	apokritheis	answering	G611 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
δοκεῖτε	dokeite	Think you	G1380 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
Γαλιλαῖοι	Galilaioi	Galileans	G1057 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	these	G3778 →
ἁμαρτωλοὶ	hamartōloi	sinners	G268 →
παρὰ	para	beyond	G3844 →
πάντας	pantas	all	G3956 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
Γαλιλαίους	Galilaious	Galileans	G1057 →
ἐγένοντο	egenonto	were	G1096 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
πεπόνθασιν;	peponthasin	they have suffered?	G3958 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 9:2
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
leads to
- John 9:34
  They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
- Exodus 20:5
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Acts 28:4
  When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to…
Through
Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to…
leads to
- Luke 13:4
  Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
- Acts 28:5
  But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
- John 7:24
  Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Acts 28:2
  The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
Through
Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
leads to
- Nehemiah 3:15
  The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of…

Featured studies on this passage

The Light of the World — William Holman Hunt

Walks through Luke 13

The Door & the Gate

Open the study →

The Broad and the Narrow Way, the 1866 lithograph picturing the two roads of Matthew 7:13–14

Walks through Luke 13

The Narrow Gate

Open the study →

About Luke

The Return of the Prodigal Son — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

Luke: the study guide →Read chapter 13 →The featured study →

Continue: Luke 13 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke