Luke 13:1-2

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Call to Repent

13 Just at that time some people came who told Jesus about the ^[a]Galileans whose blood Pilate [the governor] had mixed with their sacrifices. ²Jesus replied to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?

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Footnotes

Luke 13:1 These evidently were Jews who had come to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the temple. They probably were identified, rightly or wrongly, as rebels whose goal it was to overthrow Roman domination. The graphic description suggests that they were executed outside the temple complex after they had offered their sacrifices.