Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 18:4

"And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;" — Luke 18:4 (ASV)

And he would not for a while:

He preferred to be unjust; as he could do as he liked, he liked to do as he should not.

And he would not for a while –

He had plenty of applicants who could pay him better than this poor woman could, so he disregarded her petition; but he little knew that, in her, he had to deal with a woman who meant to be heard, and who intended to press her case until she won it. She was evidently a very determined character. Though a broken-hearted widow, yet she was not broken-spirited, even though the judge refused for a while to attend to her plea.

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

He even boasted of the very thing of which he should have been ashamed: "'I fear not God, nor regard man;' I care for nobody, and defy everyone."