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No,οὐχίI tellλέγωyou;ὑμῖνbutἀλλ’unlessἐὰν μὴyou change your minds,μετανοῆτεyou will allπάντεςperishἀπολεῖσθεin the same way.”ὡσαύτως
Luke 13:5
Study it in the app“No, I tell you; but unless you change your minds, you will all perish in the same way.””
Jesus denies that those struck by tragedy were worse sinners than othersSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:5, 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- perishἀπολεῖσθεapoleisthe
perish
To die, or be cut off from God forever.
Where else “apoleisthe” appears- in the same wayὡσαύτωςhōsautōs
likewise
Likewise, in the same way.
Where else “hōsautōs” appears
The context
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?
5 · This verse (above)
6And he was telling this parable: “Someone had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any.
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?