Geneva Bible Notes: Luke 13

Luke 13:1 (a) He murthered them as they were sacrificing: & so their blood was mingled with the blood of the beastes which were sacrificed.

Luke 13:1 (!) The crueltie of Pilate.

Luke 13:2 (b) For the Jewes toke occasion hereby to condemne them as moste wicked men.

Luke 13:2 (!) We oght not to condemne all to be wicked men which suffre.

Luke 13:3 (c) He warneth them rather to consider their owne estate, them to reproue other mens.

Luke 13:3 (!) Christ exhorteth to repentance.

Luke 13:4 (/) Or, ???

Luke 13:4 (d) Which towre stode by the riuer Siloe or fishpoole in Jerusalem.

Luke 13:7 (e) By this similitude is declared the great patience that God vseth toward sinners in loking for their amendement: but this delay auaileth them nothing, when they stil remaine in their corruption.

Luke 13:7 (f) We se our state, if we bring not forthe frute.

Luke 13:7 (g) For bothe it is vnfruteful it self, and doeth hurt to the ground where it groweth.

Luke 13:11 (i) As they are whose sinewes are shronke.

Luke 13:11 (!) He healeth the croked woman.

Luke 13:11 (h) Whome Satan had stroken with a disease, as the spirit of couetousnes is that spirit, that maketh a man couetous.

Luke 13:12 (/) Or, set at libertie out of Satans bandes.

Luke 13:15 (!) Answereth to the master of the Synagogue.

Luke 13:18 (!) By diuers similitudes he declareth what the kingdome of God is.

Luke 13:18 (k) By these similtudes he sheweth the increase, whereby God augmenteth his kingdome, contrarie to all mens opinions.

Luke 13:23 (!) Also that the nomber of them which shal be saued, is smale.

Luke 13:24 (l) We must endeuour & cut of all impediments, which may let vs.

Luke 13:26 (m) He warneth the Jewes, that they depriue not them selues by their own negligence or that saluation, which was offred vnto them.

Luke 13:29 (n) The people which then were strangers.

Luke 13:30 (o) Christ cutteth of the vaine confidence of the Jewes who glorified in that, that God had chosen them for his people: yet they obeied him not according to his worde.

Luke 13:32 (p) Nether the enuie of the Pharises, who wolde haue put him in feare of He rode, nor yet anie policie of man colde stay him from that office which God had enjoyned him.

Luke 13:32 (q) Meaning a litle while.

Luke 13:32 (r) By Christs death we are made perfite for euer.

Luke 13:32 (/) Or, make an end.

Luke 13:33 (s) He noteth their malice which by all meanes soght his death more then did the tyrant, of whome they willed him to beware.

Luke 13:33 (!) Finally he sheweth that no worldelie policie or force can let the worke and counsel of God.

Luke 13:35 (t) Christ fore warneth them of the destruction of the Temple, and of their whole policie.

Luke 13:35 (u) When your owne conscience shal reproue you and cause you to confesse that which ye nowe denie, which shal be when you shal se me in my majestie.