Passage Research
Luke 13 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus urges repentance, heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath, tells parables of the mustard seed and leaven, and laments over Jerusalem. 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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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 30
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
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.
“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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