in Luke 13:3, what is the "repent" he is talking about? (c) Vid. These examples serve to illustrate what He means by the words unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? What is "their" condition? We determine what these words mean by what we observe in the context. I tell you, nay I affirm it, and you may depend upon it, they were not greater sinners than others: though such a melancholy accident befell them, not without the providence of God: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; The fact that men come to a sudden and violent death is not proof that they are especially wicked. Aún así, en Cristo, Dios transformó la muerte para que sea una parte de Su ministerio. I realized recently that I love to skip the difficult texts and comment on familiar, cozy, easy ones and breeze over or skip the tough ones. Understand the meaning of Luke 13:3 using all available Bible versions and commentary. (1.) Watch Queue Queue Repent Meaning “But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” -Luke 13:3. Rocky Fondren teaches out of the Book of Luke 13 to describe the intensity of Jesus Ministry to the religious and to the desperate heart for emotional and physical healing. 1. First, some told Jesus “about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices” (Luke 13… God simply asks us to turn. Repent or Perish Luke 13. Fail to notice that, and you will misunderstand these verses as I did when I wrote my dissertation. But if you don't turn to God and change the way you think and act, then you, too, will all die. No wonder Jesus repeats the simple phrase in our text today: REPENT OR PERISH. Luke 13: 1 – 9 Repent or perish. First, some told Jesus “about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices” (Luke 13:1). 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. “ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. What is "their" character? This was literally fulfilled in the fall of Yerushalayim when it was violently destroyed by Titus the Roman general and multitudes perished beneath the falling walls of their City Zion an d Temple ( to see link click Mt – The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple on Tisha B’Av 70 AD ).1050 However, I should have been more open to that suggestion. His latest book is Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance. "Repent" Luke gives us three illustrations of repentance in the face of judgment. Today's New International Version. Woe "there" is eternal; here, a calamity like that produced by a falling tower is soon over. I decided to try to understand and unpack the mysteries and meaning of this God inspired text and I must say that it is hard. But unless you repent, you too will all perish." In other words, you need to believe in Jesus for eternal life to have that life. Luke 13:3… “ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13 New International Version: Par Repent or Perish. Jesus is saying that unless they repent, God would allow a lot more Jews to be killed, and soon. Some years ago I found a far more meaningful definition to be ' to perceive differently afterward.' 13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. We want to consider these words of Jesus as our theme for this text: REPENT OR PERISH. This chapter is drawn from one of the proposed chapters for this upcoming book. It was good news for that generation of Jews living in Israel if it received Him and His message. Is it repentance from unbelief to belief, or repentance from sin? The coming of the Messiah for Israel was both good and bad news. Except ye repent - Except you forsake your sins and turn to God. Matthew 3:2,10-12 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand… ye shall. I. I balked at that suggestion because of the word all. 3. Repent or Perish - There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. I tell you, no! KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. Two examples are given in Luke 13:1-5, one by the Lord Himself and one by His audience. Joseph. Luke 13- Repent or Perish I realized recently that I love to skip the difficult texts and comment on familiar, cozy, easy ones and breeze over or skip the tough ones. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:1-5 . Ye shall all likewise perish - You shall all be destroyed in a similar manner. Those who thus perish may be far more virtuous than many that live. Luke 13:3 Context. Meaning of Repentance in Luke 13:3. Here are two examples: Matthew 2:3. The time is limited. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on this subject over thirty years ago. Luke 13:2. We ought to have regard, not so much to what has happened to others, or why it has so happened, as to what may happen to ourselves, and what ought to be done by us. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. 1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 3 I tell you, no! The Lesson, "REPENT OR Perish," Suggested by Two Recent Incidents, and Illustrated by the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree. LUKE 13:3. This was remarkably fulfilled. Dios odia la muerte. i. Jesus' warning that they must repent or perish had an immediate, chilling fulfillment. In this he showed his love for the souls of people, and in this he set us an example that we should walk in his steps. 8Rom. He introduced it easily, freely, fully. See the Book of Job, and the reasonings of his three "friends.". 2 He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Repent or Perish - JUST AT that time there [arrived] some people who informed 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? He does not call the people to faith in Him. Today I stumbled on Luke 13 and the first 9 verses are extremely difficult. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. You do not need to be a Bible scholar to see that Luke 13:1-5 is not an evangelistic passage. P.O. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “No, but I say to you, all of you also shall likewise be destroyed unless you repent.” GOD'S WORD® Translation No! 3 I tell you, no! 20 And again He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? Luke 13:5. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, no! Luke 10:13–15. In less than 40 years from the time Jesus made this statement, Jerusalem fell and literally hundreds of thousands perished. You cannot interpret correctly, Prof Hendricks would say, unless you observe carefully. LUKE 13:5. SERMON: REPENT OR PERISH...Luke 13:1-5..March 3, 2013 The word repentance has been greatly reduced from its more profound spiritual meaning. And unless they repent, they will perish. I. For Christian Universalism that teaches that all will repent and all are saved through Jesus Christ this verse is a statement of fact. 3 I tell you, no! 3 I tell you, no! LUKE 13:5. It "may" be that they are in quite as much danger of perishing as those are whom they regard as so wicked. Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: … Luke 13:3, NASB: "No, I tell you, but unless yourepent, you will all likewise perish." The Lord Jesus gave the nation of Israel upwards of forty years. Luke 13. We learn. Jonah only gave the Ninevites forty days (Jonah 3:4). Is it repentance from unbelief to belief, or repentance from sin? These Galileans died at the hand of Pilate. (6) We must repent. 1 See, for example, Darrell L. Bock, A Theology of Luke and Acts (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012), 258, 264; C. Marvin Pate, Luke (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1995), p. 284 (Pate says v 3 refers to “spiritual judgment before God, not necessarily a life shortened by tragedy; he says that v 5 possibly anticipates AD 70, but the words of v 5” more probably refer, once again, to judgment from God); John Piper says, “Since Jesus connects it directly to sin and since he says it can be escaped by repentance, I take it to mean final judgment…Unless you repent, you too will be taken unawares and experience a horrible end–the judgment of God beyond the grave” (https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/unless-you-repent-you-will-all-likewise-perish). 1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Repent or Perish Luke 13. Galileans—possibly the followers of Judas of Galilee, who, some twenty years before this, taught that Jews should not pay tribute to the Romans, and of whom we learn, from Ac 5:37, that he drew after him a multitude of followers, who on his being slain were all dispersed. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? ALL SINS ARE EQUAL. WORDS OF JESUS IN RED. Luke 13 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) Repent or Perish. Within a generation, those citizens of Jerusalem who had not repented and turned to Jesus perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. But not every man, woman, and child was concerned. It would not make sense to say that these two cases in which Jews died physically illustrates that likewise unless you repent you will be eternally condemned. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:5 (unless you repent) describes a "once and for all" repentance. UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL PERISH. (4) there is another world a future state - a world where the good will be happy and the wicked punished. except. woe to you, Bethsaida! There all that is irregular on earth will be regulated; all that appears unequal will be made equal; all that is chaotic will be reduced to order. But we should not thus infer when a man's house is burned down, or when his children die, or when he is visited with a loss of health; nor should we infer it of the nations that are afflicted with famine, or the plague, or with the ravages of war; nor should we infer it when a man is killed by lightning, or when he perishes by the blowing up of a steamboat. Welcome to Grace in Focus Radio. But if it rejected Him and His message, then it would result in exile and widespread death. Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. “Herod the king…was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” There was widespread concern. Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (2) that that conclusion, in the way in which it is usually drawn, is erroneous. "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish." 3 No, I tell you; but unless you r repent, you will all likewise perish. We determine what these words mean by what we observe in the context. We envision a mean judge with his long finger in our faces saying something like, 'repent , repent you didn't pay the rent.' LUKE 13:3. 1-3. in Luke 13:3, what is the "repent" he is talking about?