Luke 7:38, Luke 7:45 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 7:36-38

Luke 7:36-38. And one of the Pharisees, &c. When Jesus had finished the preceding observations on the ministry of John, the obstinacy of the scribes and Pharisees, and the conduct of all the true lovers of wisdom, a Pharisee named Simon, who, it seems, was a man of a better disposition than the generality of his sect, invited him to dinner. And he went into the Pharisee’s house He accepted the invitation, and went with him; and sat down to meat Without taking any notice of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 7:36-50

51. In the house of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)Like most Pharisees, Simon no doubt kept the laws of holiness and thought that God was more pleased with him than with socially despised people such as tax collectors and prostitutes. He was therefore surprised that Jesus allowed a prostitute to wash his feet. In Simon’s view this showed that Jesus did not have divine knowledge, otherwise he would know the sort of person the woman was and would not allow her to touch him (Luke 7:36-39).Jesus... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 7:38

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . at = beside. Greek. para. App-104 . wash = bedew. did wipe = was wiping. kissed = was ardently kissing. Compare Acts 20:37 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:38

Luke 7:38. Began to wash his feet with tears,— To water his feet with a shower of tears. Doddridge; who observes that this is the proper signification of the word βρεχειν . See Matthew 5:45. We are not to imagine that this woman came on purpose thus to wash and wipe the feet of Christ; but probably, hearing that the Pharisee who invited Jesus to dinner had neglected the civility usually paid in the eastern countries to such guests as they designed particularly to honour,—that of anointing the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:38

38. at his feet behind him—the posture at meals being a reclining one, with the feet out behind. began to wash, c.—to "water with a shower." The tears, which were quite involuntary, poured down in a flood upon His naked feet, as she bent down to kiss them and deeming them rather fouled than washed by this, she hastened to wipe them off with the only towel she had, the long tresses of her own hair, "with which slaves were wont to wash their masters' feet" [STIER]. kissed—The word signifies "to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 7:36-50

4. The anointing by a sinful woman 7:36-50This incident, appearing only in Luke’s Gospel, illustrates the truth just expressed in Luke 7:35. Here is a case in point of what Jesus had just described happening (Luke 7:34). Jesus reached out to a sinner only to receive criticism from a fastidious Pharisee. The love that the woman lavished on Jesus contrasts with Simon the Pharisee’s lack of love for Him. The motif of Jesus’ identity is also significant in this story since Jesus had forgiven the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 7:38

Jesus was probably reclining on a divan to eat with His head and arms close to the table and His feet stretched out away from it, as was customary at important meals. The woman’s sacrificial gift and her tears raise questions the text does not answer. Was she grateful to Jesus for some act of kindness that He had showed her, or was she seeking His help? By constantly kissing (Gr. katephilei, the imperfect tense) Jesus’ feet the woman was expressing her affection, respect, and submission (cf. 1... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 7:38

7:38 kissed (d-27) Or 'ardently kissed,' 'covered with kisses;' so ver. 45. cf. ch. 15.20; Acts 20:37 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:1-50

Raising of the Widow’s Son. The Woman who was a Sinner1-10. Healing of the centurion’s servant. See on Matthew 8:5.11-17. The raising of the widow’s son (peculiar to Lk). On the credibility and significance of Christ’s miracles of resurrection, consult Matthew 9:18; John 11:1.11. Nain] 25 m. SW. of Capernaum on the hill ’little Hermon’ as it slopes down to the plain of Esdraelon: now a squalid collection of mud-hovels. Much people] RV ’a great multitude.’ Lazarus also was raised in the presence... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 7:38

(38) And stood at his feet behind him.—The common usage of the East left the court-yard of the house open while such a feast as that described was going on, and there was nothing to hinder one who had not been invited from coming even into the guest-chamber. It is possible, indeed, that the feast may have been intentionally open to all comers. Our Lord’s position has to be remembered as we read the narrative.To wash his feet with tears.—Many different emotions may have mingled in the woman’s... read more