Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
KJV
καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπὶ χρόνον· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ· εἰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι,
Greek NT
Et nolebat per multum tempus. Post hæc autem dixit intra se : Etsi Deum non timeo, nec hominem revereor :
Vulgate
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
ASV
And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἤθελεν — SBLGNT
- ἤθελεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἠθέλησεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ταῦτα δὲ — SBLGNT
- ταῦτα δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- δὲ ταῦτα — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον — SBLGNT
- οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§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
- Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
- Judg 14:17 — And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of he
- Luke 12:17 — And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
- Luke 12:18 — And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
- Luke 16:3 — Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: