Luke 7:46-50

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:36-49

When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion of Christ's being reproached as a friend to publicans and sinners, to show that it was only for their good, and to bring them to repentance, that he conversed with them; and that those whom he admitted hear him were reformed, or in a hopeful way to be so. Who this woman was that here testified so... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:36-50

7:36-50 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table; and--look you--there was a woman in the town, a bad woman. She knew that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, so she took an alabaster phial of perfume and stood behind him, beside his feet, weeping. She began to wash his feet with tears, and she wiped them with the hairs of her head; and she kept kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume. When the Pharisee, who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:46

Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint ,.... No not with common oil, so usually done at feasts, see Psalm 23:5 but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment ; even "with ointment" דבסמא , "of spices", as the Syriac version renders it. There is, throughout the whole account, an opposition between the conduct of Simon, and this woman: he gave him no common water to wash his feet with, she shed floods of tears, and with them bathed his feet, and then wiped them clean with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:47

Wherefore I say unto thee ,.... Not "for this that she hath done", as the Persic version very wrongly renders it; not because she had washed Christ's feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs, and kissed and anointed them, therefore her sins were forgiven; nor upon this account, and for those reasons did Christ say, or declare, that they were forgiven; but ου χαριν , "for this cause", or reason, he said this to Simon the Pharisee, to remove his objections, to rectify his mistakes, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:48

And he saith unto her ,.... Directing his discourse to the woman that now stood before him: thy sins are forgiven ; which was said, partly on account of the Pharisee, to let him see, that he knew this woman, what she was, and had been; that she had been a sinner, a great sinner, one that owed five hundred pence, but was now forgiven, washed, cleansed, sanctified, and justified, and therefore not to be shunned and avoided; and partly on the woman's account, that she might have a fresh... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:49

And they that sat at meat with him ,.... Other Pharisees that sat at Simon's table with Christ, whom he had invited as guests, on this occasion of seeing and conversing with Jesus; or some of Simon's family, that sat down to eat with him; began to say within themselves ; that is, either thought and reasoned in their own minds, or whispered among themselves: who is this that forgiveth sins also ? who not content to transgress the traditions of the elders, by admitting a sinful woman... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:50

And he said to the woman ,.... Notwithstanding the Pharisee's censure, both of him and her: thy faith hath saved thee ; meaning either the object of her faith, himself, who was the author of eternal salvation to her; or that she, through faith in him, had received the blessings of salvation, pardon, righteousness, and life from him, and the joys and comfort of it; and had both a right unto, and a meetness for eternal glory and happiness: go in peace ; of conscience, and serenity of... 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

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