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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....
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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.
THOUG...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_
2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9)
3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
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PARABLE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE (Lk. only). There is a connexion with
the preceding sayings; the Advent may be delayed, yet the disciples
should incessantly pray for it it will surely come. The parab...
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Jesus spoke a parable to them to show that it is necessary always to
pray and not to lose heart. "There was a judge," he said, "in a town
who neither feared God nor respected man. There was a widow in...
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UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
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BECAUSE. Greek _dia._ App-104.Luke 18:2.
CONTINUAL. Greek. _eis telos. to_ the end.
WEARY ME. pester, litearl. give me. blow under the eye. Greek.
_hupopiazo._ Occurs only here and in 1 Corinthians...
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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_troubleth me_ Rather, GIVES ME TROUBLE.
_lest by her continual coming_ Literally, "_coming to the end,"_"
_coming for ever_" another colloquialism.
_she weary me_ The original has the curious word _...
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ὙΠΟΠΙΈΖΗΙ in some MSS., rose only from not understanding the
rare word.
5. ΠΑΡΈΧΕΙΝ ΜΟΙ ΚΌΠΟΝ. ‘Gives me trouble.’
ΕἸΣ ΤΈΛΟΣ ἘΡΧΟΜΈΝΗ. Literally, ‘_coming to the
end_,’ ‘_coming for ever_’—another c...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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Luke 18:1-8. THE DUTY OF URGENT PRAYER. THE UNJUST JUDGE...
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par
Ver 1. And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint; 2. Saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3. And ther...
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ΓΕ (G1065) эмфатическая частица: "раз уж
она не дает мне покоя" (Plummer).
ΠΑΡΈΧΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΑΡΈΧΩ (G3930)
вызывать, являться причиной (BAGD).
ΠΑΡΈΧΕΙΝ ΚΌΠΟΝ (G2873) быть причиной
бесп...
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SHE WEARY ME.— 'Υπωπιαξημε : the word properly signifies
to _beat on the face,_ and particularly _under the eye;_ so as to make
the parts black and blue. Hence it signifies _to beat_ in general: see
o...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Pessimism (Luke 18:1-8)
18 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to
pray and not lose heart. 2He said, In a certain city there was a judge
who...
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Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
YET (I HAVE SOME REGARD TO MY OWN COMFORT: SO) BECAUSE THIS WIDOW
TROUBLETH ME, I WILL AVENGE HER,...
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22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33.
25 Compare Luk_9:22.
26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7.
26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is
further en...
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WEARY ME] lit. 'give me a black eye.'...
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THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER
1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk).
There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the
Second Advent leads Christ to...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 18
TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14
1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8
V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should
continue...
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LEST BY HER CONTINUAL COMING SHE WEARY ME. — The latter verb is
again one which takes its place in the vocabulary of unusual words
common to St. Luke and St. Paul. It meets us in 1 Corinthians 9:27,
a...
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Luke 18:1
CHAPTER 11
CONCERNING PRAYER.
WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking
one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the
religious instinct of humanit...
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_The unjust judge_, in Lk. only....
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_The parable_. τὸν Θεόν, etc.: a proverbial description for a
thoroughly unprincipled man (examples from classics in Wetstein).
ἐντρεπόμενος, having respect for, with accusative, as in
late Greek; in...
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διά γε, etc.: similar expression in Luke 11:8. The parable before
us is a companion to that of the _Selfish Neighbour_. The two should
be studied together _vide The Parabolic Teaching of Christ_.
κόπο...
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THE LESSON FOR DARK DAYS
Luke 18:1-8
There are three phases in our Lord's teaching about prayer-that of
Matthew 6:1-34; Luke 18:1-43, and the words of John 14:1-31; John
15:1-27.
In Luke 18:1-8 He e...
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Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its
necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the
secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of
need....
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_She weary me out. [1] This, as much as I am able to find out, seems
the literal signification both of the Latin and Greek text. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Sugillet me, Greek: upopiaze me. The Greek wo...
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CHAPTER 15
THE UNJUST JUDGE AND THE INDEFATIGABLE WIDOW
Luke 18:1-8. This paragraph on the Lord's second coming begins with
the twenty-second verse of the seventeenth chapter, and runs through
the ei...
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3 _d. Luke 18:1-8_. _The Widow and the Unjust Judge._
This parable is peculiar to Luke. The formula ἔλεγε δὲ
καί, “Furthermore, hear this also,” announces it as the
conclusion of the whole discourse...
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(4) And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within
himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: (5) Yet because this
widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming...
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The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world
and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the
disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
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Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions
for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must
not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
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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 prese...
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Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
Ver. 5. _She weary me_] Gr. υπωπιαζη, she buffet me, or club
me down. God must be pressed in prayer...
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_There was in a city a judge, which feared not God_, &c. This
magistrate, being governed by atheistical principles, had no
inducement from religion to do justice; at the same time, being very
powerful...
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YET, BECAUSE THIS WIDOW TROUBLETH ME, I WILL AVENGE HER, LEST BY HER
CONTINUAL COMING SHE WEARY ME.
The revelations of Jesus concerning the last days of the world and His
coming to Judgment would natu...
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THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW.
The unjust judge:...
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GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER
(vs.1-8)
This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in
the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in
the believer...
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1-8 All God's people are praying people. Here earnest steadiness in
prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness
prevailed even with the unjust judge: she might fear lest it should...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 18:2...
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Luke 18:5 yet G1065 because G1223 this G5026 widow G5503 troubles
G3930 (G5721) G2873 me G3427 avenge...
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“ ‘Though I fear not God, nor regard man, yet because this widow
troubles me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual
coming.' ”
In the parable the judge's motives were not good ones....
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“And he would not for a while, but afterwards he said within
himself,”
For a while the judge ignored her pleas, putting off her case and
hoping that she would go away. But when she kept coming to him...
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THE PARABLE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE (18:1-8).
As Luke 18:8 b makes clear, this parable looks directly back to Jesus'
prophecy which describes Himself as coming as the Son of Man in Luke
17:24. It is...
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CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding
one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the
predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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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
tha...
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YET
(γε). Delicate intensive particle of deep feeling as here.BECAUSE
THIS WIDOW TROUBLETH ME
(δια το παρεχειν μο κοπον την χηραν
ταυτην). Literally, because of the furnishing me trouble as to
th...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or
weary, even if their pra...
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Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock
them. Here, the key...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
«Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their
supplications, and therefore give u...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and
publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and
resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho.
CHARACTERS: God, Je...
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Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have
continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must
always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord
alwa...
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FOR A LONG TIME. The judge had no high motives, and she had no money
to bribe him. This is important, because it builds up to the "punch
line." YET BECAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE. She kept on "nagging" hi...
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_Men ought always to pray, and not to faint_
THE STRANGE WEAPON-ALL-PRAYER
While Christian was in the Palace Beautiful, they showed him all the
remarkable objects in the armory, from the ox-goad of...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:1 This parable consists of a “lesser to
greater” argument (see note on 11:11–13).
⇐...
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CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._
Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and
the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE.—This parable is closely connected
with the preceding discourse about the second coming of Christ. The
widow is the Church; the judge is God, who long...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 18:1
_The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow,
and the Pharisee and publican._
LUKE 18:1
AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
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Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18.
Luke tells us that Jesus now
spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1),
In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to
pray an...
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2 Samuel 13:24; Judges 16:16; Luke 11:8; Luke 18:39; Mark 10:47;...
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Lest by her continual coming she weary me [ι ν α μ η ε ι ς τ
ε λ ο ς ε ρ χ ο μ ε ν η υ π ω π ι α ζ η μ ε].
Eijv telov, lit., unto the end, may mean continually; but weary or
wear out for uJpwpiazh is...