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 in N.T.), the total disregard of domestic privacy and comfort shown by persistent knocking; very indecent from the point of view of the man in bed (ἀναίδειαν = τὴν ἐπιμονὴν τῆς αἰτήσεως, Euthym.).

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Old Testament