Luke 13:4

Translations

Modern

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?

Traditional

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?

Literal

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and it killed them: Do you think that these were debtors beyond all the men dwelling in Jerusalem?

Latin

Sicut illi decem et octo, supra quos cecidit turris in Siloë, et occidit eos: putatis quia et ipsi debitores fuerint præter omnes homines habitantes in Jerusalem?

Interlinear

Greek

English

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?

Notes

Luke 13:4

when the tower of Siloam collapsed: This incident is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture or other known records. The pool of Siloam was a reservoir in the southeastern part of Jerusalem. The tower may have been part of Jerusalem’s southern wall.

Luke 13:1–4

Jesus was responding to a popular claim that bad things only happen to bad people. Sin has negative consequences, but not every bad thing is a result of sin. Jesus then clarified that all people are sinners who need to repent (13:3, 5; see Job 4:7; 8:4, 20; 22:5; see also Psalms 34:21; 75:10; Proverbs 3:33; 10:3, 6–7, 16, 24–25; John 9:2–3).

Events

Woes and Parables with Phariseesc. AD 29

Related verses

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 the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Job 1:19
…when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Matthew 18:24
As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.
1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
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.
Luke 7:41–42
“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
John 9:11
He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

Parallels

Joel 1:13–20 Amos 5:4–15 Zephaniah 2:1–3

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions Shelah: Pool and tunnel in Jerusalem

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Conversion Debt Luke, Gospel of Tower of Siloam

Topics

Pardon: Withheld From: The Impenitent Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Siloam: Tower of, in the Wall of Jerusalem, Falls and Kills Eighteen People Tower of Siloam Towers: Siloam

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