Luke 18:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “Two men went up to the Temple [in Jerusalem] to pray. One of them was a Pharisee and the other one was a tax collector. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. American Standard Version (1901) Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. Common English Bible “Two people went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. Catholic Public Domain Version "Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. |
Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], Matthew, the tax collector [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same as Judas, son of James. See Luke 6:16],
saying to them, “It is written [Isa. 56:7], ‘And my house [i.e., the Temple] will be a house for prayer, but [Jer. 7:11] ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’”
They know of my early background; if they were willing to, they could testify that I lived as a [faithful] Pharisee, [which is] the strictest sect of our religion.
Now Peter and John were going to the Temple at three o’clock one afternoon [Note: Jewish time calculations are employed here], during the regular [Jewish] prayer hour.
[I was] circumcised eight days after I was born; [I am] from the nation of Israelites; from the tribe of Benjamin and of Hebrew ancestry [i.e., an outstanding Hebrew]. As far as the Law of Moses is concerned, [I am] a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion].