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Luke 11:5
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 11:5, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- will haveἕξειhexei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “hexei” appears- a friendφίλονphilon
friend
Friend.
Where else “philon” appears- will goπορεύσεταιporeusetai
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreusetai” appears- at midnightμεσονυκτίουmesonyktiou
midnight
Midnight.
Where else “mesonyktiou” appears- lendχρῆσόνchrēson
lend
Lend.
Where else “chrēson” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- loavesἄρτουςartous
bread
A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
Where else “artous” appears
The context
4and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and do not bring us into temptation.”
5 · This verse (above)
6since a friend of mine has arrived from a journey to me, and I do not have anything to set before him’;
To study Luke 11 in a group
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?