Discovery BoxLuke 11:26 
Context11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 1 the last state of that person 2 is worse than the first.” 3
Luke 13:4
Context13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed 4 when the tower in Siloam fell on them, 5 do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? 6
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.
2 tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.
3 sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.
4 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.
5 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?”
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
