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13 The tax collector, however, stood[a] far off and would not even look up[b] to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful[c] to me, sinner that I am!’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:13 tn Grk “standing”; the Greek participle has been translated as a finite verb.
  2. Luke 18:13 tn Grk “even lift up his eyes” (an idiom).
  3. Luke 18:13 tn The prayer is a humble call for forgiveness. The term for mercy (ἱλάσκομαι, hilaskomai) is associated with the concept of a request for atonement (BDAG 473-74 s.v. 1; Pss 51:1, 3; 25:11; 34:6, 18).
  4. Luke 18:13 tn Grk “the sinner.” The tax collector views himself not just as any sinner but as the worst of all sinners. See ExSyn 222-23.