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Luke 18:8

Luke 18:8
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

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…

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

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…