luke-11:5-13,-matthew-7:7-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:13

If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children ,.... See Gill on Matthew 7:11 . How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? instead of the Holy Spirit here, the Vulgate Latin version reads, "good Spirit", and so two copies of Beza's; and the Ethiopic version, "the good gift of the Holy Spirit"; and doubtless intends the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, in distinction from, and as preferable to the good things given by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-5

Teach us to pray - See the nature of prayer, with an ample explanation of the different parts of the Lord's Prayer, treated of in Matthew 6:5-16 ; (note). The prayer related here by Luke is not precisely the same as that mentioned by Matthew; and indeed it is not likely that it was given at the same time. That in Matthew seems to have been given after the second passover; and this in Luke was given probably after the third passover, between the feasts of tabernacles, and the dedication. It... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:6

In his journey is come - Or, perhaps more literally, A friend of mine is come to me out of his way, εξ ὁδου , which renders the case more urgent - a friend of mine, benighted, belated, and who has lost his way, is come unto me. This was a strong reason why he should have prompt relief. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:7

My children are with me in bed - Or, I and my children are in bed; this is Bishop Pearce's translation, and seems to some preferable to the common one. See a like form of speech in 1 Corinthians 16:11 , and in Ephesians 3:18 . However, we may conceive that he had his little children, τα παιδια , in bed with him; and this heightened the difficulty of yielding to his neighbor's request. But if he persevere knocking. ( At si ille perseveraverit pulsans ). This sentence is added to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:9

And (or, therefore) I say unto you, Ask - Be importunate with God, not so much to prevail on him to save you, as to get yourselves brought into a proper disposition to receive that mercy which he is ever disposed to give. He who is not importunate for the salvation of his soul does not feel the need of being saved; and were God to communicate his mercy to such they could not be expected to be grateful for it, as favors are only prized and esteemed in proportion to the sense men have of their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:12

Offer him a scorpion? - Σκορπιον . The Greek etymologists derive the name from σκορπιζειν τον ιον , scattering the poison. But is there any similitude between a scorpion and an egg, that the one might be given and taken in place of the other? We know there is the utmost similitude between some fish, especially those of the eel kind, and serpents: and that there are stones exactly similar to bread in their appearance; from which we may conjecture that our Lord intended to convey the same... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:13

The Holy Spirit - Or, as several MSS. have it, πνευμα αγαθον , the good spirit. See on Matthew 7:11 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:5

Verse 5 Luke 11:5.Which of you shall have a friend, Luke adds this comparison, which is not mentioned by Matthew. The general instruction conveyed by it is this: Believers ought not to be discouraged, if they do not immediately obtain their desires, or if they find them difficult to be obtained: for if, among men, importunity of asking extorts what a person would not willingly do, we have no reason to doubt that God will listen to us, if we persevere constantly in prayer, and if our minds do... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of time or place enables us to fix the scene or date with any exactness. Somewhere in the course of the last journeyings towards Jerusalem, related especially in this Gospel, did this scene and its teaching take place. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

Christ teaching his disciples to pray. "He was praying in a certain place." Might not he have dispensed with the special season and act of prayer? Was not his whole life one continuous act of prayer? Did he not always realize that communion with the Father to which praying is the means? Yes; but even he needed the time and the place of prayer. "Made in all things like to his brethren," he, too, required to recruit the energy; he, too, for power with God and men, must lift up his eyes to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

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