Luke 18:8

I say to you that Hashem will bring about their yashrus (justice) swiftly, but when the Bar Enosh + 18:8 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14 comes, will he then find emunah (faith) on haaretz?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Now will not Hashem by all means do mishpat for his Bechirim crying out to him yomam valailah? Will he delay long in bringing them help? + 18:7 Ex 22:23; Ps 88:1

9And he said this mashal also to some, who have become soimech (confident, putting their trust and being dependent) on themselves that they are tzaddikim and who are despising others. + 18:9 Isa 65:5

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Cross References

Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, Hashem; my ruach faileth; 1 hide not Thy face from me, 1 lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit). 1

Matthew 24:24For meshichei sheker (false moshiachs) will arise, and neviei sheker (false prophets), and they will give otot gedolim (great signs) and moftim (wonders), so as to deceive, if possible, even the Bechirim (Chosen ones).

1 Thessalonians 5:1But concerning the ittim (times) and the zmanim (seasons), Chaverim, you have no need for you to have anything in writing.

James 5:1Come now, you who have osher (riches), weep, howling over your miseries coming upon you. + 5:1 Isa 13:6; Ezek 30:2

2 Peter 3:8Chaverim, let not this one thing escape your notice, that “A thousand years in the eyes of Hashem is like one day” + 3:8 Ps 90:4 and one day like a thousand years.

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:2-9

The Unjust Judge. 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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