7.
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Ask. Mk. 11:24; Gen. 18:23-33; ls. 62:6, 7.
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8.
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Every one that asketh receiveth. But is this always
true? It has been very well said that the answer to every prayer is always one
of three: Yes. No. Wait. Nor is the answer necessarily just what has been
asked.
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10.
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Scorpion (in Gk.). Has been interpreted as meaning a
biting retort; ls. 59:5; Ez. 2:6; Lk. 10:19.
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11.
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Your Father which is in heaven. Lk has the unusual
variant: “from (out of) heaven”, as though picturing a Father
looking down with concern out of heaven.
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12.
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If this verse is Christ’s counterpart to that famous
precept of Hillel, then v. 13 may be read as his equivalent to the austerity of
the school of Shammai.
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Another possibility about this verse is that its
“therefore” makes it a final commentary on v. 1-5.
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