Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:42
Which of them will love him most? - Which is under the greater obligation and should love him most? read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:43
He to whom he forgave most - By this acknowledgment he was, unknowingly to himself, prepared to receive our Lord's reproof. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:44
Thou gavest me no water - In this respect Simon was sadly deficient in civil respect, whether this proceeded from forgetfulness or contempt. The custom of giving water to wash the guest's feet was very ancient. See instances in Genesis 18:4 ; Genesis 24:32 ; Judges 19:21 ; 1 Samuel 25:41 . In Hindoostan it is the custom, that when a superior enters the house of an inferior, the latter washes his feet, and gives him water to rinse his mouth before he eats. See Ayeen Akbery, vol. iii.... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:45
Since the time I came in - Rather, Since the time She came in, αφ ' ἡς εισηλθεν , not εισηλθον , I came in, for it is clear from Luke 7:37 ; that the woman came in after Christ, having heard that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house. The reading which I have adopted is supported by several MSS. and Versions. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:46
My head with oil thou didst not anoint - Anointing the head with oil was as common among the Jews as washing the face with water is among us. See Rth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20 ; 2 Samuel 14:2 ; 2 Kings 4:2 ; and Psalm 23:5 , where the author alludes to the Jewish manner of receiving and entertaining a guest. Thou preparest a table for me; anointest my head with oil; givest me an overflowing cup. See Matthew 5:17 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:47
For she loved much - Or, Therefore she loved much. It appears to have been a consciousness of God's forgiving love that brought her at this time to the Pharisee's house. In the common translation her forgiveness is represented to be the consequence of her loving much, which is causing the tree to produce the root, and not the root the tree. I have considered ὁτι here as having the sense of διοτι , therefore; because, to make this sentence suit with the foregoing parable, Luke 7:42 , ... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:48
Thy sins are forgiven - He gave her the fullest assurance of what he had said before to Simon, ( Luke 7:47 ;), Thy sins are forgiven. While the Pharisee murmured, the poor penitent rejoiced. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:50
Thy faith hath saved thee - Thy faith hath been the instrument of receiving the salvation which is promised to those who repent. Go in peace. Though peace of conscience be the inseparable consequence of the pardon of sin, yet here it seems to be used as a valediction or farewell: as if he had said, May goodness and mercy continue to follow thee! In this sense it is certainly used Judges 18:6 ; 1 Samuel 1:17 ; 1 Samuel 20:42 ; 1 Samuel 29:7 ; 2 Samuel 15:9 ; James 2:16 . The... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:31
Verse 31 31.To what shall I compare? He does not include all the men of his age, but speaks particularly of the scribes and their followers. He charges them with this reproach, that while the Lord endeavored, by various methods, to draw them to himself, they repelled his grace with incorrigible obstinacy. He employs a comparison, which was probably taken from a common amusement of children; for there is probability in the conjecture, that the children divided themselves into two bands, and sang... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:41
A certain creditor, etc. - It is plain that in this parable our Lord means, by the creditor, God, and, by the two debtors, Simon and the woman who was present. Simon, who had the light of the law, and who, in consequence of his profession as a Pharisee, was obliged to abstain from outward iniquity, might be considered as the debtor who owed only fifty pence, or denarii. The woman, whom I have supposed to be a heathen, not having these advantages, having no rule to regulate her actions, and... read more