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Luke 13 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Luke 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Luke 13 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
σάββατον sábbaton G4521 5 sabbath, week
Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosólyma G2414 5 Jerusalem
ἔτος étos G2094 4 year
ἀποκρίνομαι apokrínomai G611 5 answer
Γαλιλαῖος Galilaîos G1057 3 Galilean, of Galilee
βασιλεία basileía G932 4 kingdom, reign
θύρα thýra G2374 3 door, gate

How preachers through history handled this text

30 public-domain excerpts on Luke 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 10 Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 7 Alexander MacLaren 3 George Whitefield 2 John Wesley 1

“Christ, in calling Herod a fox, gave him his true character. The greatest of men were accountable to God, therefore it became him to call this proud king by his own name; but it is not an example for us. I know, said our Lord, that I must die very shortly; when I die, I shall be perfected, I shall have completed my undertaking. It is good for us to look upon the time we have before us as but little, that we may thereby be quickened to do the work of the day in its day. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 13:31–50 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Galilee 1 — Luke 13:1
  • Jerusalem — Luke 13:22

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