Discovery BoxLuke 18:2 
Context18:2 He said, 1 “In a certain city 2 there was a judge 3 who neither feared God nor respected people. 4
Luke 18:22
Context18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have 5 and give the money 6 to the poor, 7 and you will have treasure 8 in heaven. Then 9 come, follow me.”
1 tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”
2 tn Or “town.”
3 sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.
4 tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.
5 sn See Luke 14:33.
6 tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
7 sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.
8 sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: …you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.
9 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.
