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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

Lessons on prayer. Luke takes us from "the one thing needful," which Mary's loving waiting on her Lord illustrates, to a kindred subject, viz. the lessons on prayer which Jesus gave his disciples. He had been enjoying what we should now call a " retreat " with them, and had himself led the devotions of the little band. Struck by the beauty of his petitions, one of his disciples asked him to teach them to pray, as John had taught his disciples. To this appeal Jesus responds at once, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves. This whole passage follows naturally the Lord's own formula of prayer. The teaching contained in Luke 11:1-13 may be well summarized as the Master's lesson on prayer. The disciples, when they heard Jesus pray, asked him to instruct them in the holy art. The Lord then suggested to them a series of short subjects for constant prayer, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5-10

Continuance in prayer. These words of our Lord are not intended to present God to us as one that is reluctant to respond to our prayer, and that, consequently, has to be besought and entreated with growing energy and ardor, as Baal's prophets imagined to be the case with the deity they worshipped ( 1 Kings 18:1-46 .). Rather should we think of him as of a Divine Father who, for our sake , delays his answer to our prayer, in order that we may be disciplined in devotion, and in order... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5-13

Prayer continued. The wisdom of perseverance in prayer is pressed. The Lord introduces his argument by the short parable of the selfish neighbor. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:8

Because of his importunity, he will rise . The one idea left upon the minds of the hearers of this little quaint homely parable is— importunity is completely successful. The borrower had only need to keep on knocking to get all he wanted. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:9-10

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall he opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Then the Lord—taking advantage of the state of mind into which his strange words had brought his hearers—made, as Professor Bruce well points out, the solemn declaration on which, and not on the parable, he desired the tried soul to lay the stress of its faith: "And... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? The Master keeps on adducing instances of the loving Fatherhood of God. All the while men were thinking hard things of him and his sovereignty. "Children," urged the Savior, "such things, such a cruel part as you would in your dark sad thoughts ascribe to the loving heavenly Father, is simply unthinkable in the case of earthly parents. They never... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:11-13

The argument from the human fatherhood to the Divine. Jesus Christ revealed the Father to men, and he revealed him as the Father of men. He taught us to address him as such ( Luke 11:2 ), and to feel toward him.as such. He would have us realize that God sustains to us a relationship very closely indeed corresponding to that which a human father sustains to his child. In the text he teaches us that this analogy is so close and so real that we may draw practical inferences from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:13

How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? In St. Matthew we find the last portion of this teaching related as having taken place at a much earlier period of the Lord's ministry. It is more than probable that much of Jesus Christ's general instruction was repeated on more than one occasion. There is an important difference between the words reported by the two evangelists. St. Matthew, instead of the "Holy Spirit," has the more general expression,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 11:5-7

And he said unto them ... - Jesus proceeds to show that, in order to obtain the blessing, it was necessary to “persevere” in asking for it. For this purpose he introduces the case of a friend’s asking bread of another for one who had come to him unexpectedly. His design is solely to show the necessity of being “importunate” or persevering in prayer to God.At midnight - A time when it would be most inconvenient for his friend to help him; an hour when he would naturally be in bed and his house... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:5-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 11:5-7

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