Bible Commentary

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 8. he will avenge them ] Isa 63:4; Psa 9:12, “When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them, He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.” “Yet a little while,” Heb … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:8”

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 7 . And shall not God ] The argument is simply a fortiori. Even an unjust and abandoned judge grants a just petition at last out of base motives when it is often urged, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:7”

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 6. the unjust judge ] Literally, “ the judge of injustice.” Cp. Luk 16:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Hear … – Give attention to this, and derive from it practical instruction. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 6. Hear … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:6”

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 5. troubleth me ] Rather, gives me trouble. lest by her continual coming ] Literally, “ coming to the end,” “ coming for ever ” another colloquialism. she weary me ] The original has the curious word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:5”

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 4. he said within himself ] The shamelessness with which he acknowledges his own sin renders it still more aggravated. Though I fear not God, nor regard man ] ‘The creed of a powerful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:4”

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 3. she came unto him ] Rather, she kept coming to him. The widow woman is a representative alike of the Christian Church and of the Christian soul. Avenge me of mine adversary ] Rather, Do … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:3”

saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 2. a judge ] Rather, a certain judge. The little story is not improbably taken from life, and doubtless the inferior judges under such a sovereignty as that of the Herods might afford many instances of carelessness and venality. which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:2”

And he spake a parable unto them [to this end,] that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Luk 18:1-8. The Duty of Urgent Prayer. The Unjust Judge. 1. that men ought always to pray ] Rather, that they ought always to pray, since the true reading adds abrov s. It is only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:1”

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is,] thither will the eagles be gathered together. 37. Where, Lord? ] This question also our Lord declines to answer. The Coming of God’s Kingdom is not to be limited either by chronological or by geographical conditions. Wheresoever … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:37”

Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36. Two men shall be in the field ] This verse is of more than doubtful authenticity in this place, being omitted by nearly all the important MSS. It is probably interpolated from Mat 24:40. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:36”