LUKE 18:8

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I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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Luke 18:8 Translation & Meaning

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I tell λέγω Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean tell
you ὑμῖν To (with or by) you you
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
he will ποιήσει To make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) he will
avenge ἐκδίκησιν Vindication, retribution avenge
them αὐτῶν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons them
speedily. τάχει A brief space (of time), i.e., (with G1722 prefixed) in haste speedily
Nevertheless πλὴν Moreover (besides), i.e., albeit, save that, rather, yet Nevertheless
when πλὴν Moreover (besides), i.e., albeit, save that, rather, yet when
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
Son υἱὸς A "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship Son
of ἀνθρώπου Man-faced, i.e., a human being of
man ἀνθρώπου Man-faced, i.e., a human being man
cometh, ἐλθὼν To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) cometh
shall ἆρα Therefore shall
he find εὑρήσει To find (literally or figuratively) find
faith πίστιν Persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself faith
on ἐπὶ Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc on
the τῆς The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
earth? γῆς Soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) earth

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  • 6  And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

  • 7  And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  • 8  I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

  • 9  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

  • 10  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.




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