Luke 18:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. ”

Luke 18:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A widow - This is a circumstance that gives increasing interest to the parable. Judges were bound to show special attention to widows, Isaiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 22:3 . The reason of this was that...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a widow. were specially cared for under the law. See Exodus 22:22 . Deuteronomy 10:18 . Compare Isaiah 1:17 ; Isaiah 1:23 . Malachi 3:5 . Acts 6:1 ; Acts 9:41 ; 1 Timothy 5:3 , &c. came...
Luke 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Avenge me of mine adversary - The original, εκδικησον με απο του αντιδικου μου, had better be translate...
Luke 18:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Avenge me, &c.— Do me justice upon mine adversary. Heylin, Doddridge, &c. This is the undoubted import of the original phrase; and care should be taken in every version of it to express i...
Luke 18:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And there was a widow in that city - weak, desolate, defenseless. Compare 1 Timothy 5:5 , a ve...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There was a widow in that city. — The neglect of the cause of the widow had always been noted by Lawgiver and Prophet — and it was one of the notes of a high ethical standard in both — as the extre...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there was a widow in that city ,.... Poor and helpless, and none among men to counsel, direct, and assist her, and take her part: now as in the accommodation of this parable, the elect of God an...
Luke 18:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Ver. 3. Avenge me of mine adversary ] A downright request, without either logic or rhetoric to set...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 18:2 "
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:3 The Church's Widowhood. That the Church is, nay must be, in a state of widowhood appears from such things as these: I. The Father's purpose concerning her. That purpose has great thing...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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...
Luke 18:3 - 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,...
Luke 18:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Importunate Widow. The unjust judge:
Luke 18:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:5 ; Deuteronomy 27:19 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Isaiah 1:21-23 ; Jeremiah 5:28 ; Job 22:9 ; Job 29:13 ; Luke 18:7 ; Luke 18:8 ; Romans 13:3 ; Romans 13:4

Luke 18:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 18:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 18:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 18:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 18:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 18:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 18:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 18:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 18:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 18:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 18:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge