Luke 13:1
New International Version
Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

New Living Translation
About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple.

English Standard Version
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Berean Standard Bible
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Berean Literal Bible
Now at the same time some were present, telling Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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

New King James Version
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

New American Standard Bible
Now on that very occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

NASB 1995
Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

NASB 1977
Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now at that same time there were some present who were reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Amplified Bible
Just at that time some people came who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate [the governor] had mixed with their sacrifices.

Christian Standard Bible
At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

American Standard Version
Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galil�ans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Contemporary English Version
About this same time Jesus was told that Pilate had given orders for some people from Galilee to be killed while they were offering sacrifices.

English Revised Version
Now there were some present at that very season which told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
At that time some people reported to Jesus about some Galileans whom Pilate had executed while they were sacrificing animals.

Good News Translation
At that time some people were there who told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices to God.

International Standard Version
At that time, some people who were there told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Majority Standard Bible
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

NET Bible
Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

New Heart English Bible
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Webster's Bible Translation
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Weymouth New Testament
Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

World English Bible
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there were some present at that time, telling Him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices;

Berean Literal Bible
Now at the same time some were present, telling Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Young's Literal Translation
And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

Smith's Literal Translation
And certain were present in that time announcing to him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
AND there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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

New American Bible
At that time some people who were present there told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

New Revised Standard Version
At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
AT that time, there came some men and told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
At that time some people came and told him about those Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And there were present, at that time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Godbey New Testament
And there were certain ones at that time announcing to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.

Haweis New Testament
NOW there were some present at that time who informed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Mace New Testament
At the same time, there were some present, who gave Jesus an account of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Weymouth New Testament
Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Worrell New Testament
And there were some present, at that very season, who reported to Him concerning the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.

Worsley New Testament
There were present at the same time, some that told Him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Call to Repentance
1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?…

Cross References
Matthew 24:1-2
As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. / “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Mark 13:1-2
As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!” / “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

John 9:1-3
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

Acts 5:1-11
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. / With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet. / Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land? ...

Acts 12:1-2
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church. / He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

1 Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

Romans 2:4-5
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Hebrews 12:25-29
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? / At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” / The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain. ...

Revelation 2:5
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Isaiah 1:4-9
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. ...

Jeremiah 18:7-10
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...

Ezekiel 18:30-32
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Amos 4:6-12
“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...

Zephaniah 1:12-13
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ / Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the Galilaeans.

Acts 5:37
After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

mingled.

Lamentations 2:20
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Ezekiel 9:5-7
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: …

1 Peter 4:17,18
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? …

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Luke 13
1. Jesus preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others.
6. The fruitless fig tree may not stand.
10. He heals the crooked woman;
18. shows the powerful working of the word, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed,
20. and of leaven;
22. exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;
31. and reproves Herod and Jerusalem.














At that time
This phrase indicates a specific moment in the narrative, suggesting a continuation from previous events. It situates the reader in the context of Jesus' ministry, which was marked by teaching, healing, and confrontation with religious leaders. The timing is significant as it reflects the growing tension between Jesus and the authorities.

some of those present
This refers to individuals in the crowd who were following Jesus. The crowd often included a mix of disciples, curious onlookers, and religious leaders. Their presence highlights the public nature of Jesus' ministry and the diverse reactions to His teachings.

told Jesus about the Galileans
The mention of Galileans is significant as Galilee was a region known for its revolutionary zeal and resistance to Roman rule. Jesus Himself was from Galilee, which may have influenced the crowd's decision to bring this incident to His attention. The Galileans were often viewed with suspicion by the Judean authorities.

whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea, known for his harsh and sometimes brutal governance. The act of mixing blood with sacrifices suggests a violent suppression of a perceived rebellion or disturbance. This incident reflects the political and religious tensions of the time, as the Temple was a sacred place for the Jews, and any defilement would have been deeply offensive. This event is not recorded elsewhere in Scripture, but it underscores the oppressive Roman occupation and the volatility of the period.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Jesus
Central figure in the New Testament, the Son of God, who is teaching and responding to the people.

2. Galileans
People from the region of Galilee, known for their distinct cultural and religious practices.

3. Pilate
Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, known for his role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.

4. Sacrifices
Religious offerings made by the Jews, typically involving the shedding of animal blood as an act of worship.

5. People who reported to Jesus
Unnamed individuals who brought the news to Jesus, possibly seeking His opinion or judgment on the matter.
Teaching Points
Understanding Injustice
This passage highlights the reality of injustice and suffering in the world. As believers, we are called to trust in God's sovereignty even when faced with seemingly senseless acts of violence.

Repentance and Reflection
Jesus uses this event to call for personal repentance. We should examine our own lives and ensure we are living in accordance with God's will, rather than focusing solely on the sins of others.

The Role of Authority
Pilate's actions remind us of the potential for abuse of power. Christians are encouraged to pray for leaders and seek justice in their communities.

The Nature of Sacrifice
The mixing of blood with sacrifices underscores the sacredness of worship and the seriousness of sin. It prompts us to consider the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus and its implications for our lives.

Community and Communication
The act of reporting to Jesus shows the importance of bringing concerns and questions to God. We are encouraged to engage in open dialogue with God and fellow believers about the challenges we face.XIII.

(1) The Galileeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.--The incident is not related by Josephus or any other historian, but it was quite in harmony with Pilate's character. (See Note on Matthew 27:2.) We may fairly infer it to have originated in some outburst of zealous fanaticism, such as still characterised the followers of Judas of Galilee (Acts 5:37), while the pilgrims from that province were offering their sacrifices in the courts of the Temple, and to have been repressed with the same ruthless severity as he had shown in other tumults. It was probably one, at least, of the causes of the enmity between Herod and Pilate of which we read in Luke 23:12.

Verses 1-9. - Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree. Verse 1. - There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices; better rendered, now there were present at that particular time; namely, when the Master was discoursing of the threatening signs of the times, and urging men to repent and to turn and make their peace with God while there was yet time, for a terrible crisis was impending on that doomed land. Some of those then present, probably Jerusalem Jews, specially told off to watch the great Teacher, struck with his grave foreboding tone, when he spoke of the present aspect of affairs, quoted to him a recent bloody fray which had taken place in the temple courts. "Yes, Master," these seemed to say, "we see there is a fierce hatred which is ever growing more intense between Jew and Roman. You know, for instance, what has just taken place in the city, only the victims in this case were Galilaeans, not scrupulous, righteous Jews. Is it not possible that these bloody deeds are simply punishments of men who are great sinners, as these doubtless were?" Such-like incidents were often now occurring under the Roman rule. This, likely enough, had taken place at some crowded Passover gathering, when a detachment of soldiers came down from the Castle of Antonia and had dealt a red-handed "justice" among the turbulent mob. Josephus relates several of the more formidable of such collisions between the Romans and the Jews. At one Passover he relates how three thousand Jews were butchered, and the temple courts were filled with dead corpses; at another of these feasts two thousand perished in like manner (see ' Ant.,' 17:9. 3; 20:5.3; and ' Bell. Jud.,' 2:5; 5:1). On another occasion disguised legionaries were sent by Pilate the governor with daggers among the Passover crowds (see 'Ant.,' 18:31). These wild and terrible collisions were of frequent occurrence in these sad days.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
At
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

that
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

time,
καιρῷ (kairō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.

some [of those]
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

present
Παρῆσαν (Parēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3918: From para and eimi; to be near, i.e. At hand; neuter present participle time being, or property.

told
ἀπαγγέλλοντες (apangellontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 518: To report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare. From apo and the base of aggelos; to announce.

[Jesus]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Galileans
Γαλιλαίων (Galilaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 1057: A Galilean, an inhabitant of Galilee. From Galilaia; Galilean or belonging to Galilea.

whose
ὧν (hōn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

blood
αἷμα (haima)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

Pilate
Πιλᾶτος (Pilatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4091: Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.

had mixed
ἔμιξεν (emixen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3396: To mix, mingle. A primary verb; to mix.

with
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sacrifices.
θυσιῶν (thysiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 2378: Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice.


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