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Luke 11:7
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A Friend Comes at Midnight

5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?
8 I say to you, athough he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.  

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

9 a“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; bseek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11 aIf a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?  
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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Luke 11:7

And he (kakeinov). Emphatic.

Shall say (eiph). Still the aorist active deliberative subjunctive as in verse Luke 11:5 (the same long and somewhat involved sentence).

Trouble me not (mh moi kopouv parexe). Mh and the present imperative active. Literally, "Stop furnishing troubles to me." On this use of kopouv parexw see also Matthew 26:10; Mark 14:6; Galatians 6:17 and the singular kopon, Luke 18:5.

The door is now shut (hdh h qura kekleistai). Perfect passive indicative, shut to stay shut. Oriental locks are not easy to unlock. From kleiw, common verb.

In bed (eiv ten koithn). Note use of eiv in sense of en. Often a whole family would sleep in the same room.

I cannot (ou dunamai). That is, I am not willing.


 
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