Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, and said: Avenge me on my opponent at law.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
In Context
2saying: There was in a certain city a judge, who neither feared God nor regarded man.
Cross References
Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to works that are good, but to those which are evil. Will you, then, not be afraid of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall receive praise from the same.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →