Ewangelia Łukasza 11:5

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Powiedział też do nich: Kto z was wyobraża sobie przyjaciela, do którego idzie o północy i mówi: Przyjacielu, użycz mi trzech bochenków chleba,

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Zatem rzekł do nich: Któż z was mieć będzie przyjaciela, i pójdzie do niego o północy i rzecze mu: Przyjacielu! pożycz mi trzech chlebów;

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Także do nich powiedział: Jeśli ktoś z was będzie miał przyjaciela oraz pójdzie do niego w środku nocy i mu powie: Przyjacielu, pożycz mi trzy chleby,

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Zatem rzekł do nich: Któż z was mieć będzie przyjaciela, i pójdzie do niego o północy i rzecze mu: Przyjacielu! pożycz mi trzech chlebów;

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
I powiedział do nich: Któż z was, mając przyjaciela, pójdzie do niego o północy i powie mu: Przyjacielu, pożycz mi trzy chleby;

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Zatym też rzekł do nich: I któż z was mając przyjaciela, a szedszy do niego o północy, rzekłby mu: Przyjacielu! Pożycz mi trojga chleba?

Biblia Warszawska
I rzekł do nich: Któż z was, mając przyjaciela, pójdzie do niego o północy i powie mu: Przyjacielu, pożycz mi trzy chleby,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 18:1-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:25 - that he Isaiah 62:6 - keep Mark 10:48 - but Romans 12:12 - continuing Ephesians 6:18 - all perseverance

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, which of you shall have a friend,.... A neighbour, or acquaintance:

and shall go unto him at midnight; which may seem a very unseasonable time, and which nothing but real distress, not knowing what otherwise to do, would put a man upon:

and say unto him, friend, lend me three loaves: it was usual of the Jews to borrow bread of one another, and certain rules are laid down, when, and on what condition, this is to be done; as for instance, on a sabbath day k,

"a man may ask of his friend vessels of wine, and vessels of oil, only he must not say, lend me: and so a woman,

מחבירתה ככרות, "bread of her friend".''

Again l,

"so said Hillell, let not a woman lend ככר לחברתה "bread to her friend", till she has fixed the price; lest wheat should be dearer, and they should be found coming into the practice of usury.''

For what was lent, could not be demanded again under thirty days m.

k Misn. Sabbat, c. 23. sect. 1. l Misn. Bava Metzia. c. 5. sect. 9. m T. Bab. Maccot, fol. 3. 2. Jarchi in T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 148. 1. Bartenona in Misn. Sabbat, c. 23. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them ... - Jesus proceeds to show that, in order to obtain the blessing, it was necessary to “persevere” in asking for it. For this purpose he introduces the case of a friend’s asking bread of another for one who had come to him unexpectedly. His design is solely to show the necessity of being “importunate” or persevering in prayer to God.

At midnight - A time when it would be most inconvenient for his friend to help him; an hour when he would naturally be in bed and his house shut.

Three loaves - There is nothing particularly denoted by the number “three” in this place. Jesus often threw in such particulars merely to fill up the story, or to preserve the consistency of it.

My children are with me in bed - This does not necessarily mean that they were in the “same bed” with him, but that they were “all” in bed, the house was still, the door was shut, and it was troublesome for him to rise at that time of night to accommodate him. It should be observed, however, that the customs of Orientals differ in this respect from our own. Among them it is not uncommon indeed it is the common practice for a whole family - parents, children, and servants - to sleep in the same room. See “The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 180. This is “not” to be applied to God, as if it were troublesome to him to be sought unto, or as if “he” would ever reply to a sinner in that manner. All that is to be applied to God in this parable is simply that it is proper to “persevere” in prayer. As a “man” often gives because the request is “repeated,” and as one is not discouraged because the favor that he asks of his neighbor is “delayed,” so God often answers us after long and importunate requests.