Luke 13 · Verse 5

Luke 13:5

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5, King James Version

Luke 13:5 in other translations

BSBNo, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
WEBI tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
ASVI tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
YLTNo--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'
DARBYNo, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.
BBEI say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
WebsterI tell you, No; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

What does Luke 13:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 13:4-5

4-5. tower in Siloam--probably one of the towers of the city wall, near the pool of Siloam. Of its fall nothing is known.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. I tell you, Nay. It is improper to suppose that those on whom heavy judgments fall in this world are the worst of men. This is not a world of retribution. Often the most wicked are suffered to prosper here, and their punishment is reserved for another world; while the righteous are called to suffer much, and appear to be under the sore displeasure of God, Ps 73:1, and following. This only we know, that the wicked will not always escape; that God is just; and that none who do suffer here or hereafter, suffer more than they deserve. In the future world, all that seems to be un equal here will be made equal and plain.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Ye shall all likewise perish - Ὡσαυτως, ὁμοιως, In a like way, in the same manner. This prediction of our Lord was literally fulfilled. When the city was taken by the Romans, multitudes of the priests, etc., who were going on with their sacrifices, were slain, and their blood mingled with the blood of their victims; and multitudes were buried under the ruins of the walls, houses, and temple. See Josephus, War, b. vi. ch. iv., v., vi.; and see the notes on Matthew 24 (note). It is very wrong to suppose that those who suffer by the sword, or by natural accidents, are the most culpable before God. An adequate punishment for sin cannot be inflicted in this world: what God does here, in this way, is in general: 1st, through mercy, to alarm others; 2, to show his hatred to sin; 3, to preserve in men's minds a proper sense of his providence and justice; and 4, to give sinners, in one or two particular instances, a general specimen of the punishment that awaits all the perseveringly impenitent.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 13:1-5

Chapter Outline Christ exhorts to repentance from the case of the Galileans and others. (1-5) Parable of the barren fig-tree. (6-9) The infirm woman strengthened. (10-17) The parables of the mustard seed, and leaven. (18-22) Exhortation to enter at the strait gate. (23-30) Christ's reproof to Herod, and to the people of Jerusalem. (31-35) Verses 1-5 Mention was made to Christ of the death of some Galileans. This…

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Luke 13:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὐχί,ouchiNo,G3780
λέγωlegōI sayG3004
ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235
ἐὰνeanonlyG1437
μὴmēunlessG3361
μετανοῆτε,metanoēteyou shall repent,G3340
πάντεςpantesallG3956
ὡσαύτωςhōsautōslikewiseG5615
ἀπολεῖσθε.¶apoleistheyou will perish.G622

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 13:5

  • Ezekiel 18:30

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

  • Luke 13:3

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

  • Isaiah 28:10-13

    For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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3; Isa 28:10-13; Eze 18:30

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Context

  • Luke 13:4

    Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

  • Luke 13:5

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

  • Luke 13:6

    He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

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Luke 13:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No, os digo; antes si no os arrepintiereis, todos pereceréis asimismo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Non, vous dis-je; mais si vous ne vous repentez, vous périrez tous pareillement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nein, sage ich euch, sondern wenn ihr nicht Buße tut, werdet ihr alle gleicherweise umkommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non, dico vobis: sed si pœnitentiam non egeritis, omnes similiter peribitis.