# Connecting Statement:

Jesus finishes asking a question that begins in verse 5.

# since a friend ... to set before him'?

Jesus finishes asking the question that begins with the words "Which of you will have a friend" in verse 5. The whole question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Suppose you have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend to me three loaves of bread, since a friend ... to set before him.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# just came in from the road

It is implied that the visitor has come far from his home. Alternate translation: "was traveling and just came to my house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# anything to set before him

"any food ready to give him"