Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Study Note
Jesus's rhetorical question — 'and will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?' — applies the parable of the persistent widow to the community's eschatological prayer for vindication. The structure is a fortiori: if even an unjust judge grants justice to avoid persistent importunity, how much more will the just God vindicate those who cry to him continually. The tension introduced — 'will he delay long over them?' — does not undermine confidence but acknowledges the real experience of delayed answer while affirming that the delay is not indifference. The final question (verse 8: 'when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?') connects persistent prayer to eschatological endurance, making prayer the practice that constitutes faithful waiting for the Lord's return.
Otras traducciones
And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?
and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night--bearing long in regard to them?
And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
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