Luke 18:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. ”

Luke 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a while - Probably this means for a “considerable” time. It was his duty to attend to the claims of justice, but this was long delayed. Within himself - He thought, or came to a conclusio...
Luke 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she (c) weary me. (c) Literally, "beat me down with her blows", and it is a metaphor taken of wrestlers who beat...
Luke 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because. Greek dia. App-104. Luke 18:2 . continual . Greek. eis telos. to the end. weary me . pester, litearl. give me. blow under the eye. Greek. hupopiazo. Occurs only here and in 1 Co...
Luke 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. She weary me - Ὑπωπιαζῃ με, Stun me. A metaphor taken from boxers, who bruise each other, and by b...
Luke 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

She weary me.— 'Υπωπιαξημε : the word properly signifies to beat on the face, and particularly under the eye; so as to make the parts black and blue. Hence it signifies to beat in general: se...
Luke 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Yet (I have some regard to my own comfort: so) because this widow troubleth me, I will aveng...
Luke 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lest by her continual coming she weary me. — The latter verb is again one which takes its place in the vocabulary of unusual words common to St. Luke and St. Paul. It meets us in 1 Corinthians 9:2...
Luke 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: (5) Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming...
Luke 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me ,.... By often knocking at his door, by loud cries and earnest entreaties, with strong arguments, and floods of tears, and could not easily be removed from his pr...
Luke 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Ver. 5. She weary me ] Gr. υπωπιαζη, she buffet me, or club me down. God must be pressed in pray...
Luke 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 18:2 "
Luke 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - 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 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Importunate Widow. The unjust judge:
Luke 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:24-27 ; Judges 16:16 ; Luke 11:8 ; Luke 18:39 ; Mark 10:47 ; Mark 10:48 ; Matthew 15:23

Luke 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 18:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 18:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge