4 "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care what people think,
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
4 "He never gave her the time of day. But after this went on and on he said to himself, 'I care nothing what God thinks, even less what people think.
4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, 'I don't fear God or care about people,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:4
Commentary on Luke 18:1-8
(Read Luke 18:1-8)
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 set him more against her; but our earnest prayer is pleasing to our God. Even to the end there will still be ground for the same complaint of weakness of faith.