To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they have suffered these things?
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… And Jesus answered and said to them, do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered such things, right? He's saying, do you think the reason these particular people had such an unusual amount of suffering is because there was an unusual amount of sin in their lives and that God was so displeased, this is why they suffered? He says, verse 3, I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. or those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, right? They didn't have an inspection department in the city at the time to make sure buildings were up to code, right? So this tower was not built well, and 18 people were killed when this structure collapsed upon them. Do you think that the reason it happened was because they were worse sinners than all the other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. …
This is the word of God You may be seated Monsignor Oscar Romero stood as I stood today and many pastors and priests stood behind the altar of March of 1980. As he was preparing to offer his gift to his congregation a long gunman stood at the back of the chapel in San Salvador, fired a single shot, ripped through the body of Monsignor Romero. He fell to the ground, bled over the altar as he offered his gifts before his congregation. He died in the service of worship. He was an activist for the rights of those that were marginalized and oppressed. People depended upon him and now he lay dead and like his Lord had spilled his blood in the sacrifice of service. It was that kind of day when these Galileans reported what had taken place in Jerusalem. A similar situation where lives had been given in the service of God, offering their sacrifices to God. the only problem is is that when something like that happens it must be the result of something wrong that has been done jesus counted their statement by telling them of a story of a tower that had fallen over in a nearby town it was a recent event that was fresh on the memory of the people similar to the day that some of us awakened to the news when the champagne towers failed in South Florida and over a hundred residents died because of the negligence of management to give attention to the foundation that had weakened and the building had crumbled. The question then became …
… that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood piloted mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you no, but unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those 18 who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think that they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you no, but unless you repent, you too will all perish. This is the word of God. You may be seated. One day a group of individuals came to Jesus and they were rather eager to report a gruesome tragedy that had taken in the precincts of Jerusalem. They were eyewitnesses to this particular atrocity. There were soldiers mandated by Pontius Pilate to come into the temple, draw their sword, and use it as a weapon against these worshipers who had to come to offer their sacrifices to God. Giving sacrifice is part of what worship is. …