Luke 18:2 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 18:2

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

BSB

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ASV

saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

KJV

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 5 (202)

The Lord also spoke as follows to those who did not believe in Him: "I have come in my Father's name, and ye have not received Me: when another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive," calling Antichrist "the other," because he is alienated from the Lord. This is also the unjust judge, whom the Lord mentioned as one "who feared not God, neither regarded man," to whom the widow fled in her forgetfulness of God,-that is, the earthly Jerusalem,-to be avenged of her adversary.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man - It is no wonder that our Lord calls this person an unrighteous judge, Luk 18:6. No person is worthy to be put in the sacred office of a judge who does not deeply fear God, and tenderly respect his fellow creatures. Because this person feared not God, he paid no attention to the calls of justice; and because he respected not man, he was unmoved at the complaint of the widow. Even among the heathens this was the character of a man totally abandoned to all evil.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The object of the parable before us, is explained by Christ Himself. To use the words of an old divine, "The key hangs at the door." "Jesus told His disciples a parable, to show them that they should always pray and not give up." These words, be it remembered, are closely connected with the solemn doctrine of the second coming, with which the preceding chapter concludes. It is perseverance in prayer, during the long weary intervals between the first and second comings, which Jesus is urging His disciples to keep up. In that interval, we ourselves are standing.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
κριτής	kritēs	A judge	G2923 →
τις	tis	certain	G5100 →
ἦν	ēn	there was	G1510 →
ἔν	en	in	G1722 →
τινι	tini	a certain	G5100 →
πόλει	polei	city	G4172 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
φοβούμενος	phoboumenos	fearing	G5399 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἄνθρωπον	anthrōpon	man	G444 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐντρεπόμενος.	entrepomenos	respecting.	G1788 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
leads to
- Job 29:16
  I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- Psalms 41:1
  Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Proverbs 21:13
  Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Proverbs 31:8–9
  Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
- Galatians 6:1
  Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Through
Luke 18:4
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
leads to
- Hebrews 4:12–13
  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Luke 12:17
  So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- Luke 16:3
  The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Luke