Luke 18:7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall not God avenge ... - We are not to suppose that the character of God is at all represented by this judge, or that “his” principles of condu...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though (d) he bear long with them? (d) Though he seems slow in avenging th...
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

And shall not God . And God, shall He not. not. Greek. ou me. App-105. elect : i.e. His own people. He bear long . He delayeth. The unjust...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And shall not God avenge his elect? That judge, whom Christ has described to us as altogether desperate, as not only hardened against...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1557 THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW Luke 18:6-8 . And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? And shall not God avenge his own elect - And...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Though he bear long with them?— "Though he seem to refrain himself for a while, to hold his peace, and afflict them very sore." Elsner would rend...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? And shall not God - not like that un...
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

Avenge his own elect ] i.e. the members of His Church. Christ comforts His disciples who are discouraged by the persecutions which are even now thre...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And shall not God avenge his own elect? — There is at first something which jars on us in this choice of an extreme instance of human unrighteousne...
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

(6) And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. (7) And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And shall not God avenge his own elect ,.... Who are a select number, a special people, whom he has loved with an everlasting love, so as of his own...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? Ver. 7. Though he bear long with them ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith “If the repeated, importunate cries of the afflicted do at length make an impression on the hea...
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 shall not God give justice to (avenge, deal justly with the case of) his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he is longsuffering over them...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:6-7 I. What is the central thought of this parable? The answer to this question is obvious. The central thought of the parable is the adva...
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 moral of the story:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:12-15 ; 1 Samuel 26:10 ; 1 Samuel 26:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:10 ; 1 Timothy 5:5 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2 Timothy 1:3 ; Habakkuk 2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And shall not God — The most just Judge, vindicate his own elect — Preserve the Christians from all their adversaries, and in particular save them...

⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Related Commentaries of Luke 18:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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