Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Luke 11:8
not. Greek. ou. App-105.
because. on account of. Greek. dia. App-104.Luke 11:2.
importunity. shamelessness, impudence. Greek. anaideia. Occurs only here in N.T.
not. Greek. ou. App-105.
because. on account of. Greek. dia. App-104.Luke 11:2.
importunity. shamelessness, impudence. Greek. anaideia. Occurs only here in N.T.
I TELL YOU - The Latin Vulgate here adds, “if he shall continue knocking.” Though this is not in the Greek, yet it is indispensable that it should be understood in order to the sense. Knocking “once”...
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)...
_yet because of his importunity_ Literally, - _shamelessness_" (Vulg. _improbitas),_-impudence," i.e. unblushing persistence, which is not however _selfish_, but that he may do his duty towards anothe...
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...
ΕἸ ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΔΏΣΕΙ. Even if he will _refuse_ him. Greek idiom would require μὴ after εἰ (since supposed conditions are necessarily subjective) were it not that the οὐ here belongs to the verb, the meani...
Luke 11:1-13. THE LORD’S PRAYER. PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER...
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...
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...
ΑΝΑΊΔΕΙΑ (G335) бесстыдство, наглость, жестокость, дерзость, совершенная по причине невежества (РАР, 125-33; Alan F.Johnson, "Assurance for Man: The Fallacy of Translating Anaideia by ,Persistence׳ in...
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....
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. I SAY UNTO YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT R...
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...
11:8 Although (c-6) Or 'even though.' rate, (d-28) As Luke 18:5 ; 1 Corinthians 9:2 ....
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...
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...
IMPORTUNITY] better, 'shamelessness.'...
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...
BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY. — Literally, _because of his shamelessness._ The word is not used elsewhere in the New Testament, and exactly expresses the pertinacity that knows no restraint....
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...
λέγω ὑμῖν : introducing a confident assertion. διά γε τ. ἀν., yet _at least_ on account of, etc. He may give or not give for friendship's sake, but he must give for his own sake. ἀναίδειαν (here only...
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...
_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...
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...
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his (b) importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. (b) Literally, "impudence": but tha...
After our Saviour had given his apostles this form of prayer, knowing that men would recite it with remissness and negligence, and then on account of not being heard, would desist, he teaches here to...
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...
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...
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...
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 FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT_ ‘Because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.’ Luke 11:8 The parable of the friend at midnight is one of the most striking pictures in the Go...
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....
I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This is the accommodation of the parable; to these words are premised, in the Vulgate Latin version, the following, "if he continue knocking": THOUGH HE WILL NOT RISE AND GIVE HIM...
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. Ver. 8. _Because of his importunity_] G...
_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...
BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY HE WILL RISE AND GIVE HIM; the point of the parable is to show the power of importunity in prayer. If it prevails with selfish men, how much more with God, who loves his chi...
The importunity of prayer:...
I SAY UNTO YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT RISE AND GIVE HIM BECAUSE HE IS HIS FRIEND, YET BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY HE WILL RISE AND GIVE HIM AS MANY AS HE NEEDETH....
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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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV It is the Creator, who once shut the door to the Gentiles, which was then knocked at by the Jews, that both rises and gives, if not now to man as a friend, yet not...
Luke 11:8 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 though G1499 will G1453 not G3756 rise G1453 (G5685) give...
“I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his unwillingness to take no for an answer he will arise and give him as many as he needs.” The man is, how...
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 11:8. IMPORTUNITY, lit, ‘shamelessness.' The persistent knocking and asking, unshamed by refusal, not ashamed to endure, is thus brought out....
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...
THOUGH (ε κα). Κα ε would be "Even if," a different idea.BECAUSE HE IS HIS FRIEND (δια το εινα φιλον αυτου). Δια and the accusative articular infinitive with accusative of general reference, a ca...
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 11:8 IMPUDENCE means lack of sensitivity to what is proper. The friend is shamelessly and boldly awakening his neighbor, and of course the neighbor will give him whatever he needs. I...
_I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. _ Impot _unity α̉ναίδειαν_, _i.e._, im...
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...
2 Corinthians 12:8; Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:12; Genesis 32:26;...
Importunity [α ν α ι δ ε ι α ν]. Only here in New Testament. A very striking word to describe persistence. Lit., shamelessness. As related to prayer, it is illustrated in the case of Abraham's interce...