Luke Chapter 11, Verse 5
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5: και ειπεν προς αυτους τις εξ υμων εξει φιλον και πορευσεται προς αυτον μεσονυκτιου και ειπη αυτω φιλε χρησον μοι τρεις αρτους
5: And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and
shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend
me three loaves;
5: And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend and shall go
to him at midnight and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves,
And he said unto them, &c. 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.
