Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:5
5. He said unto them Intimating that much was said in the same current which is not reported; but the following parable was clearly recollected. Which of you In teaching how God will do, Jesus, at the same time, teaches how we should behave. At midnight The very best time for travel in the heat of a tropical climate is during the night. The trumpet of the caravan sounds at that hour to call the slumbering travellers to awake and march. Lend me three loaves The loaf of the Orientals is a... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:2-13
2-13. Our Lord in Luke 11:2-5 teaches them the form, and in 6-13 instructs them in the spirit of prayer. Brief are the forms of the Saviour’s ritual; and then follows a memorable caution that the form must be without formality. This repetition of the same prayer, as was given by the Saviour in the Sermon on the Mount, informs his disciples that he intends it for a model to his Church. Ask you for a method of prayer? That same prayer, a year ago dispensed to you, must be now held as... read more