Luke 18:5

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܳܦ݂ܶܢ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕ݁ܡܰܠܶܐܝܳܐ ܠܺܝ ܗܳܕ݂ܶܐ ܐܰܪܡܰܠܬ݁ܳܐ ܐܶܬ݂ܒ݁ܥܺܝܗ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܒ݁ܟ݂ܽܠ ܥܶܕ݁ܳܢ ܬ݁ܶܗܘܶܐ ܐܳܬ݂ܝܳܐ ܡܰܗܪܳܐ ܠܺܝ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: Luke 11:8, Judges 16:16, 2 Samuel 13:24-27

weary: Luke 18:39, Matthew 15:23, Mark 10:47, Mark 10:48

Reciprocal: Judges 14:17 - she lay Nehemiah 6:4 - four times Psalms 63:8 - followeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me,.... By often knocking at his door, by loud cries and earnest entreaties, with strong arguments, and floods of tears, and could not easily be removed from his presence, or got out of his house:

I will avenge her; I will hear her cause, do her justice, and deliver her from her troublesome adversary:

lest by her continual coming she weary me: so that it was not from a conscience of duty in him, as a judge, or from a commiseration of the poor widow's case; but from a selfish end, for his own ease, in perfect agreement to his character, that his house might not be disturbed, and his ears stunned with her noise and cry, and he was pestered with her company day after day. The character of this judge, his reasoning with himself upon it, his principles from which he acted, and the ends he had in view, are wholly to be left out in the accommodation of this parable; and no farther to be considered than as the argument from the lesser to the greater may be strengthened by them; the intention of the parable being only to show the force, efficacy, and usefulness of importunity in prayer, as appears by the application of it, by our Lord, in the verses following.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a while - Probably this means for a “considerable” time. It was his duty to attend to the claims of justice, but this was long delayed.

Within himself - He thought, or came to a conclusion.

Though I fear not ... - This contains the reason why he attended to the case at all. It was not from any regard to justice, or to the duties of his office. It was simply to avoid “trouble.” And yet his conduct in this case might have appeared very upright, and possibly might have been strictly according to law and to justice. How many actions are performed that “appear well,” when the doers of those actions know that they are mere hypocrisy! and how many actions are performed from the basest and lowest motives of “selfishness,” that have the appearance of external propriety and even of goodness!

She weary me - The word used here, in the original, is that which was employed to denote the wounds and bruises caused by “boxers,” who beat each other, and blacken their eyes, and disable them. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:27. Hence, it means any vexatious and troublesome importunity that takes the time, and disables from other employment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 18:5. She weary me. — υπωπιαζη με, Stun me. A metaphor taken from boxers, who bruise each other, and by beating each other about the face blacken the eyes. See 1 Corinthians 9:27.