Luke 13:4-5

13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed 1  when the tower in Siloam fell on them, 2  do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? 3  13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent 4  you will all perish as well!” 5 

1 tn Grk “on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them.” This relative clause embedded in a prepositional phrase is complex in English and has been simplified to an adjectival and a temporal clause in the translation.

2 sn Unlike the previous event, when the tower in Siloam fell on them, it was an accident of fate. It raised the question, however, “Was this a judgment?”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 sn Jesus’ point repeats v. 3. The circumstances make no difference. All must deal with the reality of what death means.

5 tn Grk “similarly.”