![]() One was an evil done by the hand of man, and the other was seemingly a natural disaster ( eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them). Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans: Jesus mentioned two disasters that were well known in His day. This doesn’t seem to be the same incident mentioned here, but it shows how completely consistent it was with the character of Pilate to slaughter a group of Galilean Jews on their way to sacrifice to the Lord in Jerusalem.ī. ![]() When the Jews sent a delegation to beg for their money back, Pilate sent into the crowd soldiers dressed as common people, and at a certain signal they took out daggers and attacked the people asking for the money. To pay for it, he demanded money from the temple treasury, money that had been dedicated to God – and this outraged the priests and the people. Pilate wanted to build an aqueduct from the Pools of Solomon to the city of Jerusalem. According to Barclay, there is a similar incident before the ministry of Jesus. The Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices: We don’t have a record in secular history about the specific incident mentioned here. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”Ī. ![]() And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. (1-5) Jesus uses two recent disasters to explain the urgency of repentance.
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