Luke 13:5

5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Luke 13:5 in Other Translations

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

5 No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”

5 Not at all. Unless you turn to God, you too will die."

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

5 No! I can guarantee that they weren't. But if you don't turn to God and change the way you think and act, then you, too, will all die."

5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!"

5 I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too."

Luke 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:5

I tell you, nay
I affirm it, and you may depend upon it, they were not greater sinners than others: though such a melancholy accident befell them, not without the providence of God:

but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish;
or perish in the same manner; that is, shall be buried under the ruins of the city and temple of Jerusalem, when one stone should not be left upon another; just as these eighteen men were buried under the ruins of the tower of Siloam, of which it was a pledge and emblem; and accordingly great numbers of them did perish in the temple, and were buried under the ruins of it ^F4.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 4.

Luke 13:5 In-Context

3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:2; Acts 2:38