Luke 18:5. Because this widow troubleth me. He is willing to give justice, though for a very unjust reason. Even from such a man importunity can gain its end; from her conduct hitherto he infers that she will persist and trouble him yet more.

She... wear me out. The literal meaning is: ‘lest she smite me in the face,' beat my face black and blue. This is to be taken, not literally, but figuratively, as setting forth the troublesome effects of a woman's incessant demands, worrying into compliance one who feared not God and regarded not man. Our Lord drew His illustrations, not from ideal characters, but from people whom He saw about Him. Comp. the conduct of the disciples, Matthew 15:23.

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Old Testament