Luke 13:1

And there were present, at that very time, some who were reporting about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.

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In The King James Version

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

In Context

2And responding, he said to them: “Do you think that these Galileans must have sinned more than all other Galileans, because they suffered so much?

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Cross References

Lamentations 2:20RES. O Lord, see and consider those whom you have made into such a vintage. So then, shall women eat their own fruit, little ones measured by the palm of the hand? Shall priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Matthew 27:2And they led him, bound, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the procurator.

1 Peter 4:17For it is time that judgment begin at the house of God. And if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who do not believe the Gospel of God?

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:1

In this chapter we have, I. The good improvement Christ made of a piece of news that was brought him concerning some Galileans, that were lately massacred by Pilate, as they were sacrificing in the temple at Jerusalem, ver. 1-5 . II. The parable of the fruitless fig-tree, by which we are warned to bring forth fruits meet for that repentance to which he had in the foregoing passage called us, ver. 6-9 . III. Christ's healing a poor infirm woman on the sabbath day, and justifying himself in it, ver. 11-17 . IV. A… Read the whole commentary →

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