Luke 13 - Will All of Israel Be Saved?
Luke 13 - NIV Luke 13 - Enduring Word Commentary Repent or Perish 13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 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 yo u repent, you too will all perish.” Jesus mentions two disasters. One, caused by a man, Pilate. The other a natural cause, the tower of Siloam, which fell about 14 Jewish people who all died. In Jesus' day people would often assume something bad would happen to you if you sinned. They might have assumed the Galileans and the victims of the tower of Siloam deserved their fate. But the rain falls on the just and just, the b...