Lukas 18:5

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

namun karena janda ini menyusahkan aku, baiklah aku membenarkan dia, supaya jangan terus saja ia datang dan akhirnya menyerang aku."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
namun karena janda ini menyusahkan aku, baiklah aku membenarkan dia, supaya jangan terus saja ia datang dan akhirnya menyerang aku."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
tetapi sebab janda ini menyusahkan aku, biarlah aku membenarkan dia, supaya jangan lagi akhirnya ia mengaduhi aku."

Contextual Overview

¹ And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery, ² Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man. ³ And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie. ⁴ And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man, ⁵ Yet because this widdowe [much] troubleth me, I wyll auenge her: leste she come at the last, & make me weery. ⁶ And the Lorde sayde: heare what the vuryghteous iudge sayeth. ⁷ And shall not God auenge his elect, which crye day and nyght vnto hym? yea, though he deferre them, ⁸ I tell you he wyll auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the earth?

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

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Behold, I haue two daughters whiche haue knowen no man, them wyll I bryng out nowe vnto you, and do with them as it [seemeth] good in your eyes: only vnto these men do nothyng, for therefore came they vnder the shadowe of my roofe.

Genesis 33:10
And Iacob answered: Nay I pray thee, but if I haue founde grace in thy sight, receaue I pray thee my present of my hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, and so thou hast receaued me to grace.

Judges 6:18
Departe not hence I pray thee vntyll I come vnto thee, & tyll I bryng myne offring, and haue set it before thee. And he sayd: I will tary vntyll thou come againe.

Judges 13:15
Manoah sayde vuto the angell of the Lorde: I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee.

Judges 19:5
The fourth day whan they arose early in the mornyng, the man stoode vp, to depart. And the damosels father sayde vnto his sonne in lawe: Comfort thyne heart with a morsell of bread, and then go your way.

Psalms 104:15
That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.

Isaiah 3:1
For lo, the Lorde God of hoastes doth take away from Hierusalem and Iuda all maner of stay, all stay of meate and drynke,

Matthew 6:11
Geue vs this day our dayly breade.

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.