Cosa (chi) è importunate - definizione
PARABLE OF JESUS (LUKE 11:5-8)
The Friend at Midnight; The Friend at Night; Parable of the friend at night; Friend at night; Importunate neighbour; Importunate neighbor; The Importunate Neighbour; The Importunate Neighbor
![[[William Holman Hunt]]'s ''The Importunate Neighbour'' (1895) depicts the beginning of the parable.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Importunate neighbour.jpg?width=200 "[[William Holman Hunt]]'s ''The Importunate Neighbour'' (1895) depicts the beginning of the parable.")
importunate
a.
Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, earnestly solicitous.
Importunate
·adj Hard to be borne; unendurable.
II. Importunate ·adj Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
importunate
If you describe someone as importunate, you think they are annoying because they keep trying to get something from you. (FORMAL)
His secretary shielded him from importunate visitors.
= troublesome
ADJ [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Parable of the Friend at Night
The Parable of the Friend at Night (also known as the Parable of the Friend at Midnight or of the Importunate Neighbour) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 11:5–8. In it, a friend eventually agrees to help his neighbor due to his persistent demands rather than because they are friends, despite the late hour and the inconvenience of it.
This parable demonstrates the need to pray without giving up. It is similar to the Parable of the Unjust Judge and is depicted by several artists, including William Holman Hunt.
