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I tellλέγωyouὑμῖνthatὅτιhe will bring aboutποιήσειjusticeτὴν ἐκδίκησινfor themαὐτῶνquickly.ἐν τάχειNevertheless,πλὴνwhenἐλθὼνthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουcomes,ἐλθὼνwill he reallyἆραfindεὑρήσειfaithτὴν πίστινonἐπὶthe earth?”τῆς γῆς
Luke 18:8
Study it in the app“I tell you that he will bring about justice for them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he really find faith on the earth?””
Jesus tells the parable of the widow to show we should always pray and not lose heartPrayerJesus tells of a widow who never tired of asking the judge for justiceWaiting on God
With the Greek beneath
Luke 18:8, word by word
- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- he will bring aboutποιήσειpoiēsei
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsei” appears- justiceἐκδίκησινekdikēsin
vindication
To defend someone wronged.
Where else “ekdikēsin” appears- quicklyτάχειtachei
speed
Speed, quickness; "in speed", quickly, soon.
Where else “tachei” appears- whenἐλθὼνelthōn
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthōn” appears- the Sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- will he reallyἆραara
question particle
Particle introducing a question: "then?", "can it be?".
Where else “ara” appears- findεὑρήσειheurēsei
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēsei” appears- faithπίστινpistin
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appears- the earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears
The context
7And will God not surely bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay long over them?
8 · This verse (above)
9And he told this parable also to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised the rest:
To study Luke 18 in a group
1. What it says
In the parable of the two men praying in the temple, what does each one say, and who goes home declared righteous? (vv. 10-14)
2. What it means
What does Jesus ask of the rich ruler, and how does he react? What does Jesus say about what is impossible and possible with God? (vv. 18-27)
3. How I live it
The blind man kept shouting though people told him to be quiet, and Jesus asked what he wanted (vv. 38-41). What would you ask Jesus today?