Luke 11:8

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 another. Isaiah 62:6, "Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, &c." Abraham furnishes a grand example of this fearless persistence (Genesis 18:23-33). Archbishop Trench quotes the beautiful passage in Dante's Paradiso:

"Regnum caelorum violenzia pate

Da caldo amore e da viva speranza, &c."

he will rise not merely half raise himself, or get out of bed, as in Luke 11:7 (anastas), but -thoroughly arousedand getting up" (egertheis).

as many as he needeth More than the three which he had asked for the bare supply of his wants.