Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:9-10
A promise from Jesus 11:9-10 read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:9-13
Encouragements to pray 11:9-13Jesus continue His instruction by providing further encouragement to ask of God in prayer. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:10
Luke 11:10 gives the justification for the promise in Luke 11:9. It sets forth the absolute certainty of what Jesus just said. God will definitely respond to the prayers of His children. A stronger promise is difficult to imagine.The response of many Christians to this promise is: I asked but did not receive. I sought God but did not feel I got through to Him. I knocked at His door, but He did not admit me. However the unusual strength with which Jesus gave this promise should encourage us to... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:11-12
These two examples further enforce the point that God will respond to our prayers, and they stress that He will do so kindly (cf. Matthew 7:9-10). Since God is our heavenly Father, He will do no less than a normal earthly father would do. Even a good earthly father would not give his son who asked for a fish or an egg a snake or a scorpion. A snake can look like a fish, and scorpions sometimes bred in eggs. [Note: Edersheim, 2:242.] Such a response would be cruel rather than loving since the... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:11-13
An argument from logic 11:11-13 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:13
Jesus drew His climactic conclusion (cf. Matthew 7:11). Since God is perfect He will do much more than a sinful earthly father would do. When Jesus gave this teaching the Holy Spirit did not yet indwell every believer (Acts 2:33; cf. Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4). The greatest blessing God could give a believer then was the possession of His Spirit. Thus the gift of the Holy Spirit was God’s greatest possible gift for the disciples who first heard this teaching. In effect Jesus was saying that the... read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 11:8
11:8 Although (c-6) Or 'even though.' rate, (d-28) As Luke 18:5 ; 1 Corinthians 9:2 . read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 11:13
11:13 give (e-25) Or 'who from heaven will give.' read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-54
The Lord’s Prayer. The Sign of Jonah1-4. The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-15). See on Mt. If the Lord’s Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, however (as in the case of the Beatitudes), is manifestly inferior to St. Matthew’s. Of the seven petitions he omits two—the third (’Thy will be done,’ etc.), and the seventh (’but deliver us from the evil one’: see the RV). In place of Mt’s beautiful opening, ’Our Father in the heavens,’ he has simply,... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:9
Jesus introduced this promise with a phrase that underlined its reliability and gave His personal guarantee. Everyone who asks of God will receive from Him, not just the persistent (cf. Matthew 7:7-8). In the context everyone is every one of His children (Luke 11:13). Jesus urged His disciples to pray. He probably meant that we must ask to receive (cf. James 4:2). Those who seek God’s attention and response in prayer will find it (cf. Jeremiah 29:12-13). Those who knock on the closed door of... read more