Lukas 18:3-4

18:3 There was also a widow ¹  in that city ²  who kept coming ³  to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 18:4 For ⁴  a while he refused, but later on ⁵  he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, ⁶ 

[18:3]  ¹ sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century.

[18:3]  ² tn Or “town.”

[18:3]  ³ tn This is an iterative imperfect; the widow did this on numerous occasions.

[18:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “And for.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “after these things.”

[18:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.