Howbeit (πλην). It is not clear whether this sentence is also a question or a positive statement. There is no way to decide. Eithe…

Speedily. Suddenly, unexpectedly. He will surely vindicate them, and that at a time, perhaps, when they were nearly ready to give up and t…

When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith?—The question implies, it is obvious, an answer in the negative. When St.…

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith, and shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear l…

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

Help is on the way, and the delay will prove shorter than it seems from our perspective. True believers who persistently wait with patient trust wi…

When the Son of man shall come. By these words Christ informs us that there will be no reason to wonder if people will afterwards sink und…

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily
As he did in a few years after the death of Christ, when God's elect am…

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