John Gill Commentary Luke 13:5

"I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." — Luke 13:5 (ASV)

I tell you, nay I affirm it, and you may depend upon it, they were not greater sinners than others: though such a melancholy accident befell them, not without the providence of God:

but except you repent, you shall all likewise perish ; or perish in the same manner; that is, shall be buried under the ruins of the city and temple of Jerusalem, when one stone should not be left upon another; just as these eighteen men were buried under the ruins of the tower of Siloam, of which it was a pledge and emblem; and accordingly great numbers of them did perish in the temple, and were buried under the ruins of it ^F4 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 4.