10:29 But the expert, 2 wanting to justify 3 himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
1 tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.
2 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (the expert in religious law, shortened here to “the expert”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “vindicate.”