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Verse Luke 18:3. _AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY._] The original,
εκδικησον με απο του αντιδικου μου, had
better be translated, _Do me justice_ _against_, or _vindicate me
from, my adversary_. If the wo...
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A WIDOW - This is a circumstance that gives increasing interest to the
parable. Judges were bound to show special attention to widows, Isaiah
1:17; Jeremiah 22:3. The reason of this was that they were...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_
2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9)
3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
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PARABLE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE (Lk. only). There is a connexion with
the preceding sayings; the Advent may be delayed, yet the disciples
should incessantly pray for it it will surely come. The parab...
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Jesus spoke a parable to them to show that it is necessary always to
pray and not to lose heart. "There was a judge," he said, "in a town
who neither feared God nor respected man. There was a widow in...
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UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
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A WIDOW. were specially cared for under the law. See Exodus
22:22.Deuteronomy 10:18. Compare Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 1:23.
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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...
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_she came unto him_ Rather, SHE KEPT COMING TO HIM. The widow woman is
a representative alike of the Christian Church and of the Christian
soul.
_Avenge me of mine adversary_ Rather, Do me justice. Th...
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Luke 18:1-8. THE DUTY OF URGENT PRAYER. THE UNJUST JUDGE...
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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...
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ΧΉΡΑ. See Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:18; Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah
1:23;...
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par
Ver 1. And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint; 2. Saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3. And ther...
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AVENGE ME, &C.— _Do me justice upon mine adversary._ Heylin,
Doddridge, &c. This is the undoubted import of the original phrase;
and care should be taken in every version of it to express it so, as
no...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Pessimism (Luke 18:1-8)
18 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to
pray and not lose heart. 2He said, In a certain city there was a judge
who...
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And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.
AND THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY - weak, desolate, defenseless.
Compare 1 Timothy 5:5, a verse evid...
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22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33.
25 Compare Luk_9:22.
26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7.
26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is
further en...
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THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER
1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk).
There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the
Second Advent leads Christ to...
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AVENGE ME] better, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' Her
'adversary' was probably a rich neighbour, who, taking advantage of
the death of her husband, had stolen her land. The offence of
violent...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 18
TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14
1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8
V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should
continue...
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THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY. — The neglect of the cause of the
widow had always been noted by Lawgiver and Prophet — and it was one
of the notes of a high ethical standard in both — as the extremes...
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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...
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_The unjust judge_, in Lk. only....
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_The parable_. τὸν Θεόν, etc.: a proverbial description for a
thoroughly unprincipled man (examples from classics in Wetstein).
ἐντρεπόμενος, having respect for, with accusative, as in
late Greek; in...
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χήρα, a widow, such a suppliant tests a man's character. Her
weakness appeals to a generous, noble nature, and is taken advantage
of by an ignoble. ἤρχετο, presumably used in a frequentative
sense = _...
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THE LESSON FOR DARK DAYS
Luke 18:1-8
There are three phases in our Lord's teaching about prayer-that of
Matthew 6:1-34; Luke 18:1-43, and the words of John 14:1-31; John
15:1-27.
In Luke 18:1-8 He e...
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Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its
necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the
secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of
need....
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_Avenge me; i.e. do me justice. It is a Hebraism. (Witham)_...
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CHAPTER 15
THE UNJUST JUDGE AND THE INDEFATIGABLE WIDOW
Luke 18:1-8. This paragraph on the Lord's second coming begins with
the twenty-second verse of the seventeenth chapter, and runs through
the ei...
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3 _d. Luke 18:1-8_. _The Widow and the Unjust Judge._
This parable is peculiar to Luke. The formula ἔλεγε δὲ
καί, “Furthermore, hear this also,” announces it as the
conclusion of the whole discourse...
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(1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint; (2) Saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: (3) And there wa...
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The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world
and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the
disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
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Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions
for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must
not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
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AND THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY,.... Poor and helpless, and none
among men to counsel, direct, and assist her, and take her part: now
as in the accommodation of this parable, the elect of God answe...
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And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.
Ver. 3. _Avenge me of mine adversary_] A downright request, without
either logic or rhetoric to set it...
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_There was in a city a judge, which feared not God_, &c. This
magistrate, being governed by atheistical principles, had no
inducement from religion to do justice; at the same time, being very
powerful...
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AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY; by attending to my suit, and compelling
him to do me justice....
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THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW.
The unjust judge:...
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AND THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY; AND SHE CAME UNTO HIM, SAYING,
AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY....
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GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER
(vs.1-8)
This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in
the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in
the believer...
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1-8 All God's people are praying people. Here earnest steadiness in
prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness
prevailed even with the unjust judge: she might fear lest it should...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 18:2...
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Cyprian Epistle VII
if only our prayers, our groanings, and our tears, knock at the door;
and with these we must be urgent and persevering, even although prayer
be offered with one mind.[8]...
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Luke 18:3 Now G1161 was G2258 (G5713) widow G5503 in G1722 that G1565
city G4172 and G2532 came...
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“And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him often,
saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.' ”
In contrast with the judge was a widow. She was at the opposite
extreme, powerless, h...
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THE PARABLE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE (18:1-8).
As Luke 18:8 b makes clear, this parable looks directly back to Jesus'
prophecy which describes Himself as coming as the Son of Man in Luke
17:24. It is...
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CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding
one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the
predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
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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...
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Luke 18:3. A WIDOW IN THAT CITY. The Old Testament specially demanded
judicial protection for widows. The suitor may represent the _church._
AVENGE ME OF MY ADVERSARY. The justice of her cause is imp...
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CAME OFT
(ηρχετο). Imperfect tense denotes repetitions, no adverb for
"oft" in the Greek.AVENGE ME OF
(εκδικησον με απο). A late verb for doing justice,
protecting one from another (note both εκ...
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Luke 18:3
The Church's Widowhood. That the Church is, nay _must be,_in a state
of widowhood appears from such things as these:
I. The Father's purpose concerning her. That purpose has great things
i...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or
weary, even if their pra...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
«Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their
supplications, and therefore give u...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock
them. Here, the key...
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Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and
publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and
resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho.
CHARACTERS: God, Je...
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Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have
continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must
always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord
alwa...
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THERE WAS A JUDGE. Judges in the East were notorious for being
dishonest and taking bribes. AND THERE WAS A WIDOW. In the East, a
widow was almost totally helpless, unless she had powerful friends.
Th...
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_Men ought always to pray, and not to faint_
THE STRANGE WEAPON-ALL-PRAYER
While Christian was in the Palace Beautiful, they showed him all the
remarkable objects in the armory, from the ox-goad of...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:1 This parable consists of a “lesser to
greater” argument (see note on 11:11–13).
⇐...
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CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._
Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and
the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
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_And there was a widow in that city._ Avenge me, that is, vindicate my
right against my oppressor, and free my innocence; righteousness,
substance, and character, which are brought to trial by my enem...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE.—This parable is closely connected
with the preceding discourse about the second coming of Christ. The
widow is the Church; the judge is God, who long...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 18:1
_The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow,
and the Pharisee and publican._
LUKE 18:1
AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
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Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18.
Luke tells us that Jesus now
spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1),
In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to
pray an...
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2 Samuel 14:5; Deuteronomy 27:19; Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 1:21; Jer
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Avenge [ε κ δ ι κ η σ ο ν]. The word is too strong. It means
do me justice. See on Romans 12:19....