Luke:18:7-8

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rwp @Luke:18:7 @{And he is longsuffering } (\makrothumei \). This present active indicative comes in awkwardly after the aorist subjunctive \poi ˆs ˆi \ after \ou m ˆ\, but this part of the question is positive . Probably \kai \ here means "and yet " as so often (John:9:30 ; strkjv @16:32 |, etc .). God delays taking vengeance on behalf of his people , not through indifference , but through patient forbearance . rwp @Luke:18:8 @{Howbeit } (\pl ˆn \). It is not clear whether this sentence is also a question or a positive statement . There is no way to decide . Either will make sense though not quite the same sense . The use of \ƒra \ before \heur ˆsei \ seems to indicate a question expecting a negative answer as in strkjv @Acts:8:30 ; strkjv @Romans:14:19 |. But here \ƒra \ comes in the middle of the sentence instead of near the beginning , an unusual position for either inferential \ƒra \ or interrogative \ƒra \. On the whole the interrogative \ƒra \ is probably correct , meaning to question if the Son will find a persistence of faith like that of the widow .

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