Ewangelia Łukasza 18:4

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I przez dłuższy czas nie chciał. W końcu jednak pomyślał sobie: Chociaż nie boję się Boga i nie liczę się z człowiekiem,

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Lecz on nie chciał przez niemały czas. Potym mówił sam u siebie: Aczci się Boga nie boję, ani się żadnego wstydzę.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Lecz on długo nie chciał. Ale potem rzekł sam w sobie: Aczci się Boga nie boję i człowieka się nie wstydzę,

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Lecz nie chciał przez pewien czas, zaś potem powiedział w sobie: Chociaż i Boga się nie boję, ani człowieka nie szanuję;

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Lecz on długo nie chciał. Ale potem rzekł sam w sobie: Aczci się Boga nie boję i człowieka się nie wstydzę,

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
On przez długi czas nie chciał, lecz potem powiedział sobie: Chociaż Boga się nie boję i z człowiekiem się nie liczę;

Biblia Warszawska
I przez długi czas nie chciał. Potem zaś powiedział sobie: Chociaż i Boga się nie boję ani z człowiekiem się nie liczę,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he said: Luke 12:17, Luke 16:3, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:18 - I fear God Exodus 18:21 - such as Judges 14:17 - she lay Psalms 73:9 - tongue Psalms 94:7 - they say Luke 7:39 - he spake Luke 12:18 - General Luke 18:2 - which Philippians 3:19 - whose glory

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he would not for a while,.... He would give no ear to her cries, nor take her cause in hand, nor right her wrongs, and clear her of her adversary:

but afterward he said within himself; as he was considering the matter in his own mind, and reflecting on this woman's case and the frequent application she had made to him:

though I fear not God, nor regard man; a monster in iniquity he was, to say so of himself; for though the character belongs to many, there are few that are so impudent in sin, as to take it to themselves, and glory in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a while - Probably this means for a “considerable” time. It was his duty to attend to the claims of justice, but this was long delayed.

Within himself - He thought, or came to a conclusion.

Though I fear not ... - This contains the reason why he attended to the case at all. It was not from any regard to justice, or to the duties of his office. It was simply to avoid “trouble.” And yet his conduct in this case might have appeared very upright, and possibly might have been strictly according to law and to justice. How many actions are performed that “appear well,” when the doers of those actions know that they are mere hypocrisy! and how many actions are performed from the basest and lowest motives of “selfishness,” that have the appearance of external propriety and even of goodness!

She weary me - The word used here, in the original, is that which was employed to denote the wounds and bruises caused by “boxers,” who beat each other, and blacken their eyes, and disable them. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:27. Hence, it means any vexatious and troublesome importunity that takes the time, and disables from other employment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 18:4. He said within himself — How many actions which appear good have neither the love of God, nor that of our neighbour, but only self-love of the basest kind, for their principle and motive!