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 20:8
Context20:8 Then 5 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you 6 by whose authority 7 I do these things.”
Luke 23:15
Context23:15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing 8 deserving death. 9
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 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
6 sn Neither will I tell you. Though Jesus gave no answer, the analogy he used to their own question makes his view clear. His authority came from heaven.
7 tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 2.
8 sn With the statement “he has done nothing,” Pilate makes another claim that Jesus is innocent of any crime worthy of death.
9 tn Grk “nothing deserving death has been done by him.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style.
