Luke 18:2 Meaning and Explanation
“Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus introduces a judge who neither fears God nor cares what people think — the last man a powerless person would hope to stand before.
What Does Luke 18:2 Mean?
In Israel a judge was charged to defend the weak — the widow, the orphan, the stranger — because God himself defends them. This judge has abandoned both halves of his calling: no reverence for God above him, no regard for the people before him. Justice in his court runs on convenience.
Jesus paints the bleakest courtroom on purpose, because the parable argues from the lesser to the greater: if persistence can move even a man like this, how much more the God who is nothing like him. The verse names honestly how prayer can sometimes feel — pleading before an unmoved bench — so that the parable can answer that fear at its root.
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What does Luke 18:2 mean?
Jesus introduces a judge who neither fears God nor cares what people think — the last man a powerless person would hope to stand before.