Luke 11:7

“And he from within shall answer and say, etc.] The friend within doors, shall reply to him that is without at his door, in the street: trouble me not; by knocking at the door, and importuning to rise and lend loaves; whereby his rest would be disturbed, and trouble given him; the door is now shut; being very late at night, and which could not be opened without noise and inconvenience: and my children are with me in bed: sleeping, as the Persic version adds; there were none, children, or servants up, to let him in: I cannot rise; without disturbing them: and give thee; the loaves desired.”

“Trouble me not--the trouble making him insensible both to the urgency of the case and the claims of friendship. I cannot--without exertion which he would not make.”

“And he said unto them ... - 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.…”

“Trouble: Luk 7:6; Gal 6:17 the door: Luk 13:25; Mat 25:10 Luke 11:8”