Luke 13:27 to Psalms 6:8

OT Source(s):

Psalms 6:8 ("Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Analogy + Longitudinal Theme

Significance: The phrase "Depart from me, all you evildoers" (apochōreite apʾ emou pantes ergatai adikias, Luke 13:27) is closely drawn from Psalm 6:8 (sûrû mimmennî kol-pōʿălê ʾāwen, "Depart from me, all you who do evil"). In Psalm 6, David pleads from a position of suffering and then declares confident dismissal of his enemies because Yahweh has heard his prayer. Jesus reverses the dynamic: it is not the persecuted righteous speaking to his oppressors, but the eschatological Judge pronouncing dismissal from his presence on those who claimed familiarity with him without doing his Father's will. The use of Psalm 6:8 language in a judgment scene implies that Jesus functions as the sovereign who vindicates the righteous and rejects the wicked — the divine role David experienced from the receiving end. Matthew 7:23 parallels this verse, confirming the Psalm 6 echo as intentional.