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Luke 18:6 KJV
Luke · chapter 18 · verse 6
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.Luke 18:6 · King James Version
Luke 18:6 in context
4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- unjustadikiainjustice, of a judge, unrighteousness of heart and life, a deed violating law and…G93 →
- judgekritēsone who passes or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything, an arbiter, of a Roman…G2923 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- Hearakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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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 supposes that all God's people are praying people;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8