αὐτούς La[312] Ti[313], &c. following the best MSS.

[312] La. Lachmann.
[313] Ti. Tischendorf.

1. δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι αὐτούς. ‘That they ought always to pray,’ since the true reading adds αὑτούς. It is only here and in Luke 18:9 that the explanation or point of a parable is given before the parable itself. Both parables are peculiar to St Luke. The duty inculcated is rather urgent prayer (as in Luke 11:5-13) than that spirit of unflagging prayer which is elsewhere enforced, Luke 21:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:18.

“Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire

Uttered, or unexpressed.”

The connexion with the last chapter may be the ἐκδίκησις which will accompany Christ’s return.

καὶ μὴ ἐνκακεῖν. The word used is a late word meaning to give in through cowardice, or give up from faint-heartedness. It is a Pauline word, 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Galatians 6:9.

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