10:29 But the expert, 1 wanting to justify 2 himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
1 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (the expert in religious law, shortened here to “the expert”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “vindicate.”
3 tn The participle καθίσας (kaqisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
4 tn The first illustration involves checking to see if enough funds exist to build a watchtower. Both ψηφίζω (yhfizw, “compute”) and δαπάνη (dapanh, “cost”) are economic terms.