And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Ver. 7. Trouble me not] The carnally secure, cast into Jezebel's bed, unworthily answer Christ on this sort, when he stands at the door and knocks by the hammer of his word and the motions of his Spirit, which they slight and withstand.
Verse Luke 11:7. _MY CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED_] Or, _I and my children_ _are in bed_; this is Bishop PEARCE'S translation, and seems to some preferable to the common one. See a like form of speech...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM ... - Jesus proceeds to show that, in order to obtain the blessing, it was necessary to “persevere” in asking for it. For this purpose he introduces the case of a friend’s asking...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Prayer Given to the Disciples (Luke 11:1 .)_ 2. The Friend at Midnight. (Luke 11:5) 3. Encouragement to Pray. (Luke 11:11) 4. A Demon Cast Out and the Blasphemous Accusation. ...
ON PRAYER (Matthew 6:9 *, Matthew 7:7 *). Lk. assigns the Lord's Prayer to a separate occasion and gives two reasons for the disciples-' request. For the first _cf. Luke 3:21_,...
Jesus said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him towards midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves because a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and...
TEACH US TO PRAY (Luke 11:1-4)...
NOW. already. The door would on no account be opened to. stranger at night. CHILDREN. Greek. _paidion._ App-108. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 11:20; Luke 11:37....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_Trouble me not_ The answer is rough and discouraging. He does not say -friend." His phrase implies irritation. The details are of course not to be pressed. The parable is merely an illustration _a f...
ΚἈΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ. The construction is an _anakoluthon_, as though the sentence had begun with ἐάν, as is shewn by the εἴπῃ in Luke 11:5 for which Lachmann reads ἐρεῖ following AD. There is a similar anacolut...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Luke 11:1-13. THE LORD’S PRAYER. PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER...
Ver 5. And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6. For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I...
_LESSONS ON HOW TO PRAY -- LUKE 11:1-13:_ Jesus, Himself was a praying man. When Jesus finished His prayer one of the disciples made this request to Jesus, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught...
ΚΆΚΕΊΝΟΣ έσωθεν тот изнутри. Указательное _pron._ используется в уничижительном смысле, ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать (_см._ Luke 10:27). ΚΌΠΟΣ (G2873) утомител...
DISCOURSE: 1520 THE FORCE OF IMPORTUNITY Luke 11:5. And he said unto them, Which, of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a f...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHICH, &C.— Having taught his disciples, by the preceding short form, that they were not, in prayer, to use a multiplicity of words, with _vain repetitions;_ he proceeded to cau...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Puerility (Luke 11:1-13) 11He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples....
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. AND HE FROM WITHIN SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, TROUBLE ME...
25 A lawyer, or one versed in the law of Moses, especially in making it a burden for others than themselves (Luk_11:46), would naturally be interested in the Lord's opinion as to what deeds would meri...
THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT (peculiar to Lk). The connexion with what goes before is suitable and natural. Having given the disciples a form of intercessory prayer, Jesus encourages them to persevere in it...
THE LORD'S PRAYER. THE SIGN OF JONAH 1-4. The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, however (as...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT PRAYER 11:1-13 1 THE PRAYER THAT JESUS TAUGHT 11:1-4 V1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of...
TROUBLE ME NOT. — As afterwards in the parable of the Unjust Judge, so here, the illustrative matter cannot be pressed into an interpretation. It seems, indeed, to have been purposely so stated that i...
Luke 18:1 CHAPTER 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanit...
μή μοι, etc.: similar phrase in Luke 18:5. _Cf._ Matthew 26:10; Mark 14:6. Here = don't bother me! κέκλεισται, has been barred for the night, a thing done and not to be undone for a trifling cause. εἰ...
_The selfish neighbour_. This parable and that of the unjust judge (Luke 18:1-8) form a couplet teaching the same lesson with reference to distinct spheres of life or experience: that men ought always...
Luke 11:1-13 contain a lesson on prayer, consisting of two parts: _first_, a form of prayer suggesting the chief objects of desire (Luke 11:1-4); _second_, an argument enforcing perseverance in prayer...
ENCOURAGEMENT TO PERSEVERING PRAYER Luke 11:5-13 The parable of the three friends is very encouraging. We, so to speak, are to act as mediators or intercessors between those who are in sore need and...
Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
THE SHAMELESS PRAYER Luke 11:5-11. “ _And He said unto them_, _Which one of you shall have a friend_, _and he shall come to you at midnight_, _and say to thee_, _Friend_, _lend me three loaves_, _sinc...
6. _Prayer: Luke 11:1-13_. Continuing still to advance leisurely, the Lord remained faithful to His habit of prayer. He was not satisfied with that constant direction of soul toward His Father, to whi...
This parable is peculiar to Luke. Holtzmann says: “Taken from Λ.” But why in that case has Matthew omitted it, he who reproduces from Λ both the preceding and following verses (Luke 7:7-11)? The form...
2 _d. Luke 11:5-13_. _The Efficacy of Prayer._ After having declared to His own the essential objects to be prayed for, Jesus encourages them thus to pray by assuring them of the efficacy of the act....
(1) And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. (2) And he said unto...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
The prayer which He taught His disciples (chapter 11) has respect also to the position into which they came before the gift of the Holy Ghost. [32] Jesus Himself prayed, as the dependent man on earth....
AND HE FROM WITHIN SHALL ANSWER AND SAY,.... The friend within doors, shall reply to him that is without at his door, in the street: TROUBLE ME NOT; by knocking at the door, and importuning to rise a...
_And he said_, &c. “Having, by a short form, taught his disciples that they were not in prayer to use a multiplicity of words, with vain repetitions; he proceeded to caution them, on the other hand, a...
SHUT; bolted, as the original word implies....
The importunity of prayer:...
AND HE FROM WITHIN SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, TROUBLE ME NOT; THE DOOR IS NOW SHUT, AND MY CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED; I CANNOT RISE AND GIVE THEE?...
VALUABLE INSTRUCTION AS TO PRAYER (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary). His...
5-13 Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we need, as a man does to his neighbour or friend, who is kind to him. We must come for bread; for that which is needful...
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Luke 11:7 he G2548 answer G611 (G5679) within G2081 say G2036 (G5632) not G3361 trouble G2873...
“And he from within shall answer and say, Do not disturb me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give you what you want.” The neighbour is very unwilling. He t...
A MAN SEEKING HIS DAILY BREAD IS PROVIDED FOR. HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD WE SEEK THE HOLY SPIRIT (11:5-13). In the chiasmus of the whole Section the first part of this passage parallels Martha's provision...
Luke 11:7. TROUBLE ME NOT. The half-vexed tone is true to nature. The one asked is _selfish,_ and his reluctance is real. But God's reluctance is apparent only, and even this appearance arises from re...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
THE TIME and place of the following incident are indefinite, but it cannot be a part of the Sermon on the Mount, put out of its place. A definite occasion is stated in Luke 11:1, and Luke 11:5-8 are n...
AND HE (κακεινος). Emphatic.SHALL SAY (ειπη). Still the aorist active deliberative subjunctive as in verse Luke 11:5 (the same long and somewhat involved sentence).TROUBLE ME NOT (μη μο κοπους π...
Luke 11:6 The Friend at Midnight. I. The success of prayer is conditioned by the character of the suppliant. Not every kind of asking is acceptable prayer. That which men desire simply for the gratif...
Luke 11:1. _And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples._ It seemed...
CONTENTS: Jesus' doctrine of prayer. Jesus charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, and His answer. Woes denounced upon the Pharisees and lawyers. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Jonah, Sol...
Luke 11:1. _Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples._ The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not exact...
FRIEND, LET ME BORROW THREE LOAVES OF BREAD. Jesus gave this parable to teach that we should not be ashamed to keep on asking God for what we need. Compare Matthew 7:7-11; also the parable of the Wido...
_Which of you shall have a friend_ IMPORTUNITY IN PRAYER I. A CASE SUPPOSED. If reluctant and hard-hearted men thus yield to the influence of importunity, how much more will the blessed God, who del...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 11:7 “DO NOT BOTHER ME.” The omission of “friend” (compare v. Luke 11:5) reveals the man’s irritation....
_And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not_. He makes excuse that he cannot wake his children from their sleep and disturb his household....
CHAPTER 11 VER. 2. _When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name_. S. Matthew adds this prayer to the sermon on the mount, whilst S. Luke places it at a later period. Either...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 11:1. The time and place when this incident occurred are indefinite, but there can be no doubt that we have not here part of the Sermon on the Mount, put out of its place. The fo...
EXPOSITION LUKE 11:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the_ _subject of prayer. _Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of _time _or _place _enables us to fix the scene or date with any...
Tonight, chapter 11 in the gospel according to Luke. Again, as Luke is pointing out the human side of Jesus, though He was God, He became man. He is the God-man. He is divine, and yet, He is human. Th...
Galatians 6:17; Luke 13:25; Luke 7:6; Matthew 25:10...
My children are with me in bed. "A whole family - parents, children, and servants - sleep in the same room" (Thomson, " Land and Book "). Tynd. my servants are with me in the chamber....