LUKE 13:4 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Ἤ
2. ē
3. Or
4. -
5. 22280
6. C·······
7. or
8. or
9. S
10. Y33
11. 51542
1. ἐκεῖνοι
2. ekeinos
3. those
4. those
5. 15650
6. E····NMP
7. those
8. those
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51543
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51544
1. δεκαοκτώ
2. dekaoktō
3. eighteen
4. eighteen
5. 11775
6. S····NMP
7. eighteen
8. eighteen
9. -
10. Y33; F51562
11. 51545
1. δέκα
2. deka
3. -
4. -
5. 11760
6. S····NMP
7. ten
8. ten
9. -
10. -
11. 51546
1. καί
2. kai
3. -
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. -
11. 51547
1. ὀκτώ
2. oktō
3. -
4. -
5. 36380
6. S····NMP
7. eight
8. eight
9. -
10. -
11. 51548
1. ἐφʼ
2. epi
3. on
4. -
5. 19090
6. P·······
7. on
8. on
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51549
1. οὕς
2. hos
3. whom
4. -
5. 37390
6. R····AMP
7. whom
8. whom
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51550
1. ἐπέπεσεν
2. epipiptō
3. -
4. -
5. 19680
6. VIAA3··S
7. fell_on
8. fell_on
9. -
10. -
11. 51551
1. ἔπεσεν
2. piptō
3. fell
4. -
5. 40980
6. VIAA3··S
7. fell
8. fell
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51552
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51553
1. πύργος
2. purgos
3. tower
4. tower
5. 44440
6. N····NMS
7. tower
8. tower
9. -
10. Y33; F51561
11. 51554
1. ἐν
2. en
3. in
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51555
1. τῷ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····DMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51556
1. τοῦ
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····GMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. -
11. 51557
1. Σιλωάμ
2. silōam
3. Silōam
4. Siloam
5. 46110
6. N····DMS
7. Silōam
8. Siloam
9. U
10. Location=Siloam; Y33
11. 51558
1. Σιλωάμ
2. silōam
3. -
4. -
5. 46110
6. N····GMS
7. ˱of˲ Silōam
8. ˱of˲ Siloam
9. U
10. Location=Siloam
11. 51559
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51560
1. ἀπέκτεινεν
2. apokteinō
3. killed off
4. killed
5. 6150
6. VIAA3··S
7. killed_off
8. killed_off
9. -
10. Y33; R51554
11. 51561
1. αὐτούς
2. autos
3. them
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3AMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y33; R51545
11. 51562
1. δοκεῖτε
2. dokeō
3. are you all supposing
4. you
5. 13800
6. VIPA2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ supposing
8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ supposing
9. -
10. Y33; R51488
11. 51563
1. ὅτι
2. hoti
3. that
4. -
5. 37540
6. C·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51564
1. αὐτοί
2. autos
3. they
4. they
5. 8460
6. R···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51565
1. οὗτοι
2. houtos
3. -
4. -
5. 37780
6. R····NMP
7. these
8. these
9. -
10. -
11. 51566
1. ὀφειλέται
2. ofeiletēs
3. debtors
4. -
5. 37810
6. N····NMP
7. debtors
8. debtors
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51567
1. ἐγένοντο
2. ginomai
3. became
4. -
5. 10960
6. VIAM3··P
7. became
8. became
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51568
1. παρά
2. para
3. beyond
4. -
5. 38440
6. P·······
7. beyond
8. beyond
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51569
1. πάντας
2. pas
3. all
4. -
5. 39560
6. E····AMP
7. all
8. all
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51570
1. τούς
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51571
1. ἀνθρώπους
2. anthrōpos
3. people
4. people
5. 4440
6. N····AMP
7. people
8. people
9. -
10. Y33; F51575
11. 51572
1. τούς
2. ho
3. which
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····AMP
7. ¬which
8. ¬which
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51573
1. ἐνοικοῦντας
2. enoikeō
3. -
4. -
5. 17740
6. VPPA·AMP
7. dwelling_in
8. dwelling_in
9. -
10. -
11. 51574
1. κατοικοῦντας
2. katoikeō
3. dwelling in
4. living
5. 27300
6. VPPA·AMP
7. dwelling_in
8. dwelling_in
9. -
10. Y33; R51572
11. 51575
1. ἐν
2. en
3. -
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. -
11. 51576
1. Ἰερουσαλήμ
2. ierousalēm
3. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
4. -
5. 24140
6. N····AFS
7. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
8. Jerusalem
9. U
10. Location=Jerusalem; Y33
11. 51577
1. Ἰερουσαλήμ
2. ierousalēm
3. -
4. -
5. 24140
6. N····DFS
7. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
8. Jerusalem
9. U
10. Location=Jerusalem
11. 51578

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 13:1–5: Everyone must repent

In this section Jesus continued his teaching about God judging people by saying that people needed to repent. Pilate’s soldiers had recently murdered some people from Galilee. Other people had died when a tower fell on them. The crowd that was listening to Jesus thought that all these people had died because they had been evil and God was punishing them. But Jesus told the crowd that they themselves needed to repent just as much as those people who died had needed to repent.

Other possible headings for this section are:

Jesus told people to repent or they would die

Turn from your sins or die (GNT)

This teaching occurs only in Luke.

13:4a

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them:

You^(plur) have also heard about the eighteen people who died when the tower of Siloam collapsed and its stones fell on them.
Consider another example—the eighteen people who were killed when the high building in Siloam crashed on top of them.

Or: The word Or here introduces another example of people who had recently died in a tragic way. In this second example, however, the deaths were accidental, not deliberate killings. Other ways to introduce this example are:

What about… (CEV)

Consider also…

those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Jesus was referring here to an event that his listeners already knew about. This event had happened in Jerusalem not long before that. In some languages it may be helpful to make explicit that Jesus’ listeners had already heard about it. For example:

you also heard/know about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them

the tower of Siloam: Siloam was the name of a pool in Jerusalem and also of the neighborhood around this pool. The tower in Siloam was in this neighborhood. It was probably a high fortified area or building that was part of the city wall. It was probably made of stone and was very heavy. Some other ways to translate it are:

high building in Siloam

tall stone house/wall in Siloam

13:4b

Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Do you^(plur) think/assume that they were guilty of more serious sins than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem?
You^(plur) may be thinking that they had sinned worse/more than all their fellow citizens in the city of Jerusalem.

Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?: This is a rhetorical question. It is parallel to the question in 13:2, so you can probably translate it in a similar way.

Jesus used this question to challenge the crowd’s belief about why the tower fell on those people. The crowd thought that the people must be guilty of worse sins than the other residents of Jerusalem and that was the reason the tower fell on them. Some other ways to translate the question are:

As a rhetorical question:
Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem? (NJB)
Do you think they were more sinful than all the others who live in Jerusalem? (NCV)
Do you suppose this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem? (GNT)
As a statement:
You may think/assume that they were more guilty of sin than all the other people living in Jerusalem.
You should not think/assume that this happened to them because they were guilty of more sin than all the other Jerusalem residents.

Translate this question in a way that is most natural in your language.

more sinful: The Greek word that the BSB translates as more sinful is literally “debtors.” It is a figure of speech that pictures sin as a debt that must be paid to God. In this context it is a synonym of “sinners” in 13:2a. Other ways to translate the phrase more sinful here are:

worse offenders (RSV)

worse sinners (NKJV)

had sinned more

were more sinful (GW)

all the others living in Jerusalem: The BSB has supplied the word others where the Greek text says “people” in order to clarify that the eighteen people who were killed by the tower also lived in Jerusalem. Another way to translate this is:

the rest of the people who lived in Jerusalem

uW Translation Notes:

ἢ ἐκεῖνοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἤ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτώ ἐφʼ οὕς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ καί ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοί ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρά πάντας τούς ἀνθρώπους τούς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ)

Jesus is giving a second example of people who suffered. Alternate translation: [Also consider those]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτὼ

those ¬the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἤ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτώ ἐφʼ οὕς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ καί ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοί ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρά πάντας τούς ἀνθρώπους τούς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ)

Jesus is using the adjective 18 (eighteen) as a noun in order to indicate a certain group of people. Alternate translation: [those 18 people]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Σιλωὰμ

Siloam is the name of an area in Jerusalem.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοὶ ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ?

˱you_all˲_˓are˒_supposing that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἤ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτώ ἐφʼ οὕς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ καί ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοί ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρά πάντας τούς ἀνθρώπους τούς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ)

Jesus is using the question form to teach these the crowd. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement. Alternate translation: [Do not think that they were worse debtors than all the men residing in Jerusalem!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὀφειλέται

debtors

This is a figurative way of describing someone as a sinner. Alternate translation: [sinners]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώπους

people

Here Jesus is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: [people]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Or
2. -
3. 22280
4. S
5. ē
6. C-·······
7. or
8. or
9. S
10. Y33
11. 51542
1. those
2. those
3. 15650
5. ekeinos
6. E-····NMP
7. those
8. those
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51543
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMP
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51544
1. eighteen
2. eighteen
3. 11775
5. dekaoktō
6. S-····NMP
7. eighteen
8. eighteen
9. -
10. Y33; F51562
11. 51545
1. on
2. -
3. 19090
5. epi
6. P-·······
7. on
8. on
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51549
1. whom
2. -
3. 37390
5. hos
6. R-····AMP
7. whom
8. whom
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51550
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····NMS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51553
1. tower
2. tower
3. 44440
5. purgos
6. N-····NMS
7. tower
8. tower
9. -
10. Y33; F51561
11. 51554
1. in
2. -
3. 17220
5. en
6. P-·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51555
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····DMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51556
1. Silōam
2. Siloam
3. 46110
4. U
5. silōam
6. N-····DMS
7. Silōam
8. Siloam
9. U
10. Location=Siloam; Y33
11. 51558
1. fell
2. -
3. 40980
5. piptō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. fell
8. fell
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51552
1. and
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51560
1. killed
2. killed
3. 6150
5. apokteinō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. killed_off
8. killed_off
9. -
10. Y33; R51554
11. 51561
1. them
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3AMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y33; R51545
11. 51562
1. off
2. killed
3. 6150
5. apokteinō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. killed_off
8. killed_off
9. -
10. Y33; R51554
11. 51561
1. are you all supposing
2. you
3. 13800
5. dokeō
6. V-IPA2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ supposing
8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are˒ supposing
9. -
10. Y33; R51488
11. 51563
1. that
2. -
3. 37540
5. hoti
6. C-·······
7. that
8. that
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51564
1. they
2. they
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51565
1. became
2. -
3. 10960
5. ginomai
6. V-IAM3··P
7. became
8. became
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51568
1. debtors
2. -
3. 37810
5. ofeiletēs
6. N-····NMP
7. debtors
8. debtors
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51567
1. beyond
2. -
3. 38440
5. para
6. P-·······
7. beyond
8. beyond
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51569
1. all
2. -
3. 39560
5. pas
6. E-····AMP
7. all
8. all
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51570
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····AMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51571
1. people
2. people
3. 4440
5. anthrōpos
6. N-····AMP
7. people
8. people
9. -
10. Y33; F51575
11. 51572
1. which
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-····AMP
7. ¬which
8. ¬which
9. -
10. Y33
11. 51573
1. dwelling in
2. living
3. 27300
5. katoikeō
6. V-PPA·AMP
7. dwelling_in
8. dwelling_in
9. -
10. Y33; R51572
11. 51575
1. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
2. -
3. 24140
4. U
5. ierousalēm
6. N-····AFS
7. Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)
8. Jerusalem
9. U
10. Location=Jerusalem; Y33
11. 51577

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear LUKE 13:4

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 13:1–5: Everyone must repent

13:4a

13:4b

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)