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No,οὐχίI tellλέγωyou;ὑμῖνbutἀλλ’unlessἐὰν μὴyou change your minds,μετανοῆτεyou will allπάντεςlikewiseὁμοίωςperish.ἀπολεῖσθε
Luke 13:3
Study it in the app“No, I tell you; but unless you change your minds, you will all likewise perish.”
Jesus denies that those struck by tragedy were worse sinners than othersSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:3, word by word
- Noοὐχίouchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- you change your mindsμετανοῆτεmetanoēte
change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metanoēte” appears- likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs
likewise
In the same way, likewise.
Where else “homoiōs” appears- perishἀπολεῖσθεapoleisthe
perish
To die, or be cut off from God forever.
Where else “apoleisthe” appears
The context
2And he answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the other Galileans because they have suffered these things?
3 · This verse (above)
4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were debtors more than all the people who live in Jerusalem?
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?