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Don't Equate Suffering with Sin
Jesus directly corrects the common human assumption that those who suffer terrible tragedies are worse sinners than others. Commentators explain this is a flawed way to interpret God's actions, as this world is not a place of final retribution. We should not judge the spiritual state of others based on the calamities they face.
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Luke
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 13:2–3
18th Century
Theologian
Suppose ye, etc. From this answer, it would appear that they supposed that the fact that these men had been killed in this manner proved t…
AT Robertson
On Luke 13:2
Sinners above all (αμαρτωλο παρα παντας). Παρα means "beside," placed beside all the Galileans, and so beyond or above (with the a…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 13:2
19th Century
Bishop
Do you suppose that these Galileans . . .?—The tale had probably been told with a conviction, expressed …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 13:2
19th Century
Preacher
"Do you imagine that there was some extraordinary guilt which brought this judgment upon them, and that those who were spared may be supposed to ha…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 13:2
We cannot be certain as to the exact incident referred to in v.1. The social tension made revolutionary activity in those days possible at any time…
John Calvin
On Luke 13:2
16th Century
Theologian
Do you imagine? etc. This passage is highly useful, if only because this disease is almost natural to us: to be too rigorous and severe in…
John Gill
On Luke 13:2
17th Century
Pastor
And Jesus answering, said to them
Neither approving, nor condemning Pilate's action; and though he allowed the Galil…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 13:1–5
17th Century
Minister
Christ was informed about the death of some Galileans. This tragic story is briefly recounted here and is not mentioned by historians. In Christ's …