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A Universal Call to Repent
Commentators agree that Jesus pivots from discussing two specific tragedies to issuing a universal command. He uses the events to warn his audience that they are in the same spiritual danger. The core message, as scholars highlight, is not about the victims' sin but about the listeners' urgent need to repent before they too face judgment.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 13:5
18th Century
Theologian
I tell you, Nay. It is improper to suppose that those on whom heavy judgments fall in this world are the worst of men. This is not a world…
AT Robertson
On Luke 13:5
Except ye repent (εαν μη μετανοησητε). First aorist active subjunctive, immediate repentance in contrast to continued repentance, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 13:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
This was a foreshadowing of the overthrow of Jerusalem, and the razing of its walls and towers to the ground, which happened not long after; and ev…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 13:5
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 Gill
On Luke 13:5
17th Century
Pastor
I tell you, nay I affirm it, and you may depend upon it, they were not greater sinners than others: though such a melanch…
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 …