And he is longsuffering (μακροθυμε). This present active indicative comes in awkwardly after the aorist subjunctive ποιηση after ο…

Concerning the phrase Shall not God avenge, etc., we should not suppose that the character of God is at all represented by this judge, or …

And shall not God avenge his own elect?—There is at first something that feels jarring to us in this choice of an extreme…

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 feare…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Our Lord, having spoken of the coming trials and dangers, immediately adds their remedy: constant and…

“Chosen ones” (GK 1723) is a term used throughout Scripture to describe those who, at the end of history, are marked out as on the victorious side …

And shall not God avenge his elect? That judge, whom Christ has described to us as utterly unprincipled—not only hardened against…

And shall not God avenge his own elect
Who are a select number, a special people, whom he has loved with an everlast…

All God's people are praying people. Here, earnest steadiness in prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness prevailed even wit…