- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 18
- Verse 8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily . Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
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Gill's Exposition
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 among the Jews were singled out, and gathered in from them, and were delivered…
Barnes' Notes
Speedily - Suddenly, unexpectedly. He will surely vindicate them, and that at a time, perhaps, when they were nearly ready to give over and to sink into despair. This may refer to the deliverance of…
Adam Clarke
He will avenge them speedily - Or, He will do them justice speedily - εν ταχει, instantly, in a trice.
1. Because he has promised it; and
2. Because he is inclined to do it.
When the Son of man cometh…
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…
Cambridge Bible
he will avenge them Isa 63:4; Psa 9:12, "When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them, He forgetteth not the cry of the humble." "Yet a little while," Heb 10:37; 2Pe 3:8-9. The best…
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