Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
KJV
χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
Greek NT
Vidua autem quædam erat in civitate illa, et veniebat ad eum, dicens : Vindica me de adversario meo.
Vulgate
and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
ASV
And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἀντίδικος
antidikos
noun · 5×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκδικέω
ekdikeo
verb · 6×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
5 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…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 6:26 — And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
- 2Sam 14:5 — And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
- Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Isa 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Isa 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Jer 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Jer 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench i
- Job 22:9 — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Job 29:13 — The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
- Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Ps 94:7 — Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- Rom 13:3 — For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: