2 Samuel 13:24-27; Judges 16:16; Luke 11:8; Luke 18:39; Mark 10:47; Mark 10:48; Matthew 15:23
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...
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",...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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:...
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...
Weary me ] lit. 'give me a black eye.'
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
Yet because this widow troubleth me ,.... By often knocking at his door, by loud cries and earnest entreaties, with strong arguments, and floods of...
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...
There was in a city a judge, which feared not God , &c. This magistrate, being governed by atheistical principles, had no inducement from religi...
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...
The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ough...
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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...
“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...
“ ‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Importunate Widow. The unjust judge:
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...
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.