John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:38
And stood at his feet behind him ,.... Christ lay upon a bed, or couch, as was the custom of the ancients, both Jews and others, at meals, with his feet put out behind; and between the couches and the walls of the room, there was a space for servants to wait and serve, and such are therefore said to "stand at the feet"; and the phrase is used, as descriptive of servants in waiting F14 Vid Alstorphium de lectis veterum, p. 106, 107. ; and in such a situation this woman put herself, as... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:37
And behold, a woman in the city ,.... Not Mary Magdalene, spoken of in Luke 8:2 under another character; and is a different person, who had not been taken notice of by the evangelist before; nor Mary the sister of Lazarus, who is said to anoint the feet of Christ, and wipe them with her hair, John 12:3 . The character given of this woman, does not seem so well to agree with her; at least, the fact here recorded, cannot be the same with that; for this was in Galilee, and that in Bethany;... read more