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-# Now there was a widow
+# a widow
 
-Jesus uses this phrase to introduce a new character to the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants]])
-
-# widow
-
-A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried. Jesus's hearers would have thought of her as a person who had no one to protect her from those who wanted to harm her.
+A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried. She would not have had anyone to protect her from those who wanted to harm her.
 
 # she came often to him
 
 The word "him" refers to the judge.
 
-# Help me get justice against
+# Help me get justice against my opponent
 
-"Give me a just ruling against"
+"Give me a just ruling against my opponent"
 
 # my opponent
 
-"my enemy" or "the person who is trying to harm me." This is an opponent in a lawsuit. It is not clear whether the widow is suing the opponent or the opponent is suing the widow.
-
+"my enemy" or "the person who is trying to harm me." It is not clear whether the widow is suing the opponent or the opponent is suing the widow.