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Luk 18:5. Ἐκδικήσω αὐτὴν, I will avenge her) for My own sake.-ὑπωπιάζῃ, lest she beat me black and blue[197]) An hyperbole suitable to the character of the unjust and impatient judge. Refer to this verb the words εἰς τέλος. For ἐρχομένη, is as it were παρέλκον (redundant), which might be omitted, and yet the idea of the sentence remain intact and entire; the employment of it, however, imparts to the language sweetness and characteristic feeling, etc. [See Append. on “Moratus Sermo.”] The importunity of the widow in seeking help waxed greater and greater.
[197] “Lest she weary me.” Ὑπωπιάζειν, Th. ὑπώπια, the part beneath the eye: hence to give a black eye; as Latin, sugillo from sub cilia. Metaphorically, to tease or weary.-E. and T.