Beyond Crushed Culprits Debtors Died Duty Dwell Dwelling Dwelt Eighteen Failed Fall Fell Guilty Jerusalem Killed Offenders Rest Siloam Silo'am Sinners Slew Suppose Tower Worse
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in {b} Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
(b) That is, in the place, or river: for Siloam was a small river from which the conduits of the city came; see Joh 9:7 Isa 8:6; and therefore it was a tower or a castle, built upon the conduit side, which fell down suddenly and killed some.
13:4,5 Those eighteen, upon whom the tower of Siloam fell. Nothing is known of the incident. The lesson is the same as before. These did not perish because they were greater sinners. All must repent or perish. Siloam was a suburb of Jerusalem, south of the city.
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.
Crushed Debtors Duty Dwell Dwelling Dwelt Eighteen Failed Fell Jerusalem Killed Live Offenders Others Rest Siloam Silo'am Sinners Slew Suppose Think Tower Worse
Crushed Debtors Duty Dwell Dwelling Dwelt Eighteen Failed Fell Jerusalem Killed Live Offenders Others Rest Siloam Silo'am Sinners Slew Suppose Think Tower Worse
