Luke 13:4 BSB — MannaFest

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?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The tower in Siloam - This tower was probably built over one of the porticoes near the pool, which is mentioned Joh 9:7. See also Neh 3:15. Debtors, οφειλεται, 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It must moderate our censure, not only that we are sinners, but that we are as great sinners as they, have as much sin to repent of as they had to suffer for. (2.) That therefore we are all concerned to repent, to be sorry for what we have done amiss, and to do so no more. The judgments of God upon others are loud calls to us to repent.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἢ	Ē	Or	G2228 →
ἐκεῖνοι	ekeinoi	those	G1565 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δεκαοκτὼ	dekaoktō	eighteen	G1176 →G3638 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	on	G1909 →
οὓς	hous	whom	G3739 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	fell	G4098 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πύργος	purgos	tower	G4444 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Σιλωὰμ	Silōam	Siloam	G4611 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπέκτεινεν	apekteinen	killed	G615 →
αὐτούς,	autous	them,	G846 →
δοκεῖτε	dokeite	think you	G1380 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
αὐτοὶ	autoi	these	G846 →
ὀφειλέται	opheiletai	debtors	G3781 →
ἐγένοντο	egenonto	were	G1096 →
παρὰ	para	beyond	G3844 →
πάντας	pantas	all	G3956 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπους	anthrōpous	men	G444 →
τοὺς	tous	who	G3588 →
κατοικοῦντας	katoikountas	are dwelling	G2730 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ;	Ierousalēm	in Jerusalem?	G2419 →

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
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Mark 11:25
  And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Matthew 18:21–35
  Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
- Colossians 3:13
  Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Through
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…
leads to
- John 9:7
  Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
- Isaiah 8:6
  “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Through
Matthew 18:24
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
leads to
- Psalms 38:4
  For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.