Luke 18 English Standard Version
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
In other translations nevertheless is replaced with however or but. Only one translation uses the verbiage, “The question is;” in truth the use of any of those translations is pointless.
Pointless synonyms: otiose, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted. worthless. lacking in usefulness or value. adjective. not having a point especially a sharp point.
What if Jesus had said “When I come again will I find faith on earth?”
The immediate question would have been “Are you leaving us?” Towards the end of Luke 18 Jesus tells His disciples for the third time about His death.
Luke 18:34 But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
I will come to the point: sometimes God hides meaning because we are not ready to hear it.
Sometimes God shares things with us that are not to be shared because while one or two of us are able to handle the truth, it may damage the faith of others.
Luke 1:20 “And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
When the time is right the words will come.