Luke 18:2
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
KJV
λέγων· κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει τὸν θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος.
Greek NT
dicens : Judex quidam erat in quadam civitate, qui Deum non timebat, et hominem non reverebatur.
Vulgate
saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:
ASV
Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντρέπω
entrepo
verb · 9×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2573God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.17 Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the trium…
§2613Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: - the first, "the importunate friend,"75 invites us to urgent prayer: "Knock, and it will be opened to you." To the one who prays like this, the heavenly Father will "give whatever he needs," and above all the Holy Spirit who contains all gifts. - the second, "the importunate widow,"76 is centered on one of t…
The fraud, pride, and tyrannical kingdom of Antichrist, as described by Daniel and Paul. 1. And not only by the particulars already mentioned, but also by means of the events which shall occur in the time of Antichrist is it shown that he, being an apostate and a robber, is anxious to be adored as God; and that, although a mere slave, he wishes himself to be proclaimed as a kin…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:19 — Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
- 2Chr 19:3 — Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
- Ezek 22:6 — Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
- Gen 42:18 — And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- Isa 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Jer 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
- Job 29:7 — When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
- Luke 18:4 — And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- Mic 3:1 — And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
- Prov 19:28 — An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
- Prov 29:7 — The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
- Ps 8:1 — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Rom 3:14 — Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: