Luke 18:5

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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. Wi...
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",...
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 i...
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....
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...
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...
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:...
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 prec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Weary me ] lit. 'give me a black eye.'
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. Lu...
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...
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 t...
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...
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 m...
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...
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 buffe...
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 religi...
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 chapt...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ough...
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 H...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And he would not for a while, but afterwards he said within himself,” For a while the judge ignored her pleas, putting off her case and hoping that...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ ‘Though I fear not God, nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.' ” In...
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 Chr...
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...
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; An old writer says that many of Chris...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:1-7 . And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, w...
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; Especially, not to faint in prayer, no...
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 thinkin...
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 r...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Importunate Widow. The unjust judge:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. The revelations of Jesus concerning the last d...
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

⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

Related Commentaries of Luke 18:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 18:5