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saying, "A certain judge was in a city, who didn`t fear God, and didn`t respect man.
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The Root of Injustice
Commentators emphasize that the judge's two defining traits are linked: he "feared not God" and therefore "regarded not man." Scholars explain that a lack of reverence for God naturally leads to a disregard for human rights and justice. This characterization serves as a negative example, implicitly teaching that true justice begins with the fear of the Lord.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A judge which feared not God. One appointed by law to determine causes brought before him. This judge had no reverence for God, and conseq…
Regarded not (μη εντρεπομενος). Present middle participle of εντρεπω, old verb, to turn one on himself, to shame one, to reverence one. This was a …
19th Century
Anglican
There was in a city a judge.—These words have historical interest, as they testify to the general disorganization and corruption of justic…
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Baptist
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feare…
The designation “unjust judge” is similar to the idiom in 16:8, “the dishonest manager.” Therefore we should probably understand the judge to be a …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, there was in a city a judge In every city in the land of Israel, there was a sanhedrim, or court of judicatu…
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