8. importunity--The word is a strong one--"shamelessness"; persisting
in the face of all that seemed reasonable, and refusing to take a
denial.
as many, &c.--His reluctance once overcome, all the claims of
friendship and necessity are felt to the full. The sense is obvious: If
the churlish and self-indulgent--deaf both to friendship and
necessity--can after a positive refusal, be won over, by sheer
persistency, to do all that is needed, how much more may the same
determined perseverance in prayer be expected to prevail with Him whose
very nature is "rich unto all that call upon Him"
(Ro 10:12).
JFB.
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