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God is Not the Unjust Judge
Commentators stress that this parable works by contrast, not comparison. If a wicked judge, who doesn't care about God or people, will grant a request just to be left alone, how much more will a loving, just God respond to the persistent prayers of His chosen people whom He loves dearly? This is an argument for unwavering confidence in prayer.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 18:7
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
AT Robertson
On Luke 18:7
And he is longsuffering (μακροθυμε). This present active indicative comes in awkwardly after the aorist subjunctive ποιηση after ο…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 18:7
19th Century
Bishop
And shall not God avenge his own elect?—There is at first something that feels jarring to us in this choice of an extreme…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 18:1–7
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 18:7
“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 …
John Calvin
On Luke 18:7
16th Century
Theologian
And shall not God avenge his elect? That judge, whom Christ has described to us as utterly unprincipled—not only hardened against…
John Gill
On Luke 18:7
17th Century
Pastor
And shall not God avenge his own elect
Who are a select number, a special people, whom he has loved with an everlast…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 18:1–8
17th Century
Minister
All God's people are praying people. Here, earnest steadiness in prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness prevailed even wit…