Luke 18:2-3

18:2 He said, ¹  “In a certain city ²  there was a judge ³  who neither feared God nor respected people. ⁴  18:3 There was also a widow ⁵  in that city ⁶  who kept coming ⁷  to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

[18:2]  ¹ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

[18:2]  ² tn Or “town.”

[18:2]  ³ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

[18:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.

[18:3]  ⁵ sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century.

[18:3]  ⁶ tn Or “town.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tn This is an iterative imperfect; the widow did this on numerous occasions.