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Luke 18:7

Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And shall not God avenge his own elect,.... Who are a select number, a special people, whom he has loved with an everlasting love, so as of his own sovereign good will and pleasure to choose in his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Shall not God avenge ... - We are not to suppose that the character of God is at all represented by this judge, or that “his” principles of conduct are at all like those of the judge. This parable…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And shall not God avenge his own elect - And will not God the righteous Judge do justice for his chosen? Probably this may refer to the cruel usage which his disciples had met with, and were still…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 18:1-8

This parable has its key hanging at the door; the drift and design of it are prefixed. Christ spoke it with this intent, to teach us that men ought always to pray and not to faint, Luk 18:1. It…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And shall not God The argument is simply a fortiori.Even an unjust and abandoned judge grants a just petition at last out of base motives when it is often urged, to a defenceless person for whom he…