5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."
5 Not at all. Unless you turn to God, you too will die."
5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
5 No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 13:5
Commentary on Luke 13:1-5
(Read Luke 13:1-5)
Mention was made to Christ of the death of some Galileans. This tragical story is briefly related here, and is not met with in any historians. In Christ's reply he spoke of another event, which, like it, gave an instance of people taken away by sudden death. Towers, that are built for safety, often prove to be men's destruction. He cautioned his hearers not to blame great sufferers, as if they were therefore to be accounted great sinners. As no place or employment can secure from the stroke of death, we should consider the sudden removals of others as warnings to ourselves. On these accounts Christ founded a call to repentance. The same Jesus that bids us repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, bids us repent, for otherwise we shall perish.