Luke 18:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Saying,There was in a citya a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: ”

• Luke 18:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A judge which feared not God - One appointed by law to determine causes brought before him. This judge had no reverence for God, and consequently no regard for the rights of man. These two things...

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• Luke 18:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (b) Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: (b) He does not compare things that are of equal stature, but the less with the greater: If a man receives what i...

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• Luke 18:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Parable of the Unrighteous Judge (Lk. only). There is a connexion with the preceding sayings; the Advent may be delayed, yet the disciples should incessantly pray for it it will surely come. The pa...

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• Luke 18:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  in . Greek. en. App-104. God . App-98. neither . Greek. me. App-105. regarded . Greek. entrepomai. Compare Matthew 21:37 . man. Greek. anthropos. App-123.

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• Luke 18:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: A judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man - It is no wonder that our Lord calls this person an unrighteous j...

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• Luke 18:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Saying, There was in a [certain] city [ en ( G1722 ) tini ( G5100 ) polei ( G4172 )] a judge,...

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• Luke 18:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Unjust Judge. The Pharisee and the Publican. The Rich Ruler 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Chris...

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• Luke 18:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  There was in a city a judge. — The words have an interest historically, as testifying to the general disorganisation and corruption of justice which prevailed under the then government of Galilee a...

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• Luke 18:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Luke 18:1-14 Chapter 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct o...

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• Luke 18:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Lesson for Dark Days Luke 18:1-8 There are three phases in our Lord's teaching about prayer-that of Matthew 6:1-34 ; Luke 18:1-43 , and the words of John 14:1-31 ; John 15:1-27 . In Lu...

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• Luke 18:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need...

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• Luke 18:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (2) Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: (3) And there w...

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• Luke 18:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Saying, there was in a city a judge ,.... In every city in the land of Israel, there was a sanhedrim, or court of judicature; in Jerusalem was the great sanhedrim, consisting of seventy one; and in...

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• Luke 18:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Ver. 2. Which feared not God, nor regarded man ] These two, fear of God and shame of the world, God hath given to...

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• Luke 18:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There was in a city a judge, which feared not God , &c. This magistrate, being governed by atheistical principles, had no inducement from religion to do justice; at the same time, being very pow...

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• Luke 18:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believ...

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• Luke 18:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Unjust Judge.       1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;   2 Saying, Th...

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• Luke 18:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 2-8. We have here the parable, and the interpretation thereof, both, Luke 18:1 , in the proparabole, or the words immediately going before it, and also in an epiparabole, or some words...

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• Luke 18:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Parable of the Unrighteous Judge (18:1-8). As Luke 18:8 b makes clear, this parable looks directly back to Jesus' prophecy which describes Himself as coming as the Son of Man in Luke 17:24...

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• Luke 18:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 18:1 And He spake a parable .—This parable is closely connected with the preceding discourse about the second coming of Christ. The widow is the Church; the judge is God, wh...

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• Luke 18:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 18:1-2 I. This parable does not teach us to pray. There is no need that it should. Like the belief in a God, the moral sense of right and wrong, the hope of immortality, the expectation of a...

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• Luke 18:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 18:1 . And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; «Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore giv...

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• Luke 18:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 18:1 . Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord a...

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• Luke 18:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Men ought always to pray, and not to faint The strange weapon-All-prayer While Christian was in the Palace Beautiful, they showed him all the remarkable objects in the armory, from the ox-goad...

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• Luke 18:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 18:1-42 The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer — the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican. Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end,...

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• Luke 18:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Importunate Widow. The unjust judge:

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• Luke 18:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 19:3-9 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Exodus 18:22 ; Ezekiel 22:6-8 ; Isaiah 33:8 ; Jeremiah 22:16 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; Job 29:7-17 ; Luke 18:4 ; Micah 3:1-3 ; Proverbs 29:7 ; Psalms 8:1-4 ;...

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