ISB ~ Luke 13 v1 - 5

Jesus uses current events to teach spiritual truths. While neither Pilate’s bloodshed (13:1) nor the Siloam tower incident (13:4) is known outside the NT, both examples are used to stress the urgency of repentance. Jesus even denies what many in his day affirmed, i.e., that God permits only grievous sinners to suffer violent deaths (Job 31:3; Prov 10:24). To reject, or even neglect, Christ’s call for repentance is to gamble with disaster (Heb 2:3).