Luke 18:8

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:8; 2 Peter 3:9; Hebrews 10:23-26; James 5:1-8; Matthew 24:24; Matthew 24:9-13; Psalms 143:7-9; Psalms 46:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Speedily - Suddenly, unexpectedly. He will surely vindicate them, and that at a time, perhaps, when they were nearly ready to give over and to si...
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

He will avenge . He will perform the avenging (Greek. ekdikesis. Compare Luke 18:5 ) of. Compare Psalms 9:12 ; Isaiah 63:4 . Hebrews 10:37 ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. When the Son of man shall come. By these words Christ informs us that there will be no reason to wonder if men shall afterwards sink unde...
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

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? He will avenge them speedily...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He will avenge them speedily.— Rather suddenly; for so the original εν ταχει, may signify. Besides, scripture and experience teach, that in most...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? I tell you, he will...
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

Speedily ] cp. Revelation 22:20 ; 2 Peter 3:8-10 . Christ's coming, though it may seem to be long delayed, will be as speedy as the scheme of God'...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith? — The question implies, it is obvious, an answer in the negative. When St. Luke wrote his Gospel,...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

RELIGIOUS UNSETTLEMENT ‘When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?’ Luke 18:8 The significance of this question is best s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily ,.... As he did in a few years after the death of Christ, when God's elect among the Jews were singled...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Ver. 8. Shall he find fa...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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

“I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily.” This could mean that when it finally comes it will come with speed, it will occur suddenly, unexp...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

faith The reference is not to personal faith, but to belief in the whole body of revealed truth. Compare ( Romans 1:5 ); ( 1 Corinthians 16...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:8 I. Notice the peril that of losing faith. Now, faith in reference to questions of revelation has three degrees, and only the last repres...
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

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The moral of the story:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth? The Lord Himself, in poi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet when the Son of man cometh, will he find faith upon earth — Yet notwithstanding all the instances both of his long suffering and of his justice...

⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Related Commentaries of Luke 18:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 18:8