Luke 7:38-8:3 NIV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 7:36-38

The First Anointing of Jesus. The anointing: v. 36. And one of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. v. 37. And, "behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, v. 38. and stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 7:36-50

c. The Dinner In The House Of Simon The Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)(Gospel on St. Mary Magdalene’s Day.)36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he wentinto the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat [reclined at table]. 37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner7 [or, a woman who in the city was a sinner], when she knew that Jesus sat at meat [was reclining at table] in the Pharisee’s house,brought an alabaster box [or, flask] of ointment, 38And stood at... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 7:36-50

the Forgiven Sinner’s Grateful Love Luke 7:36-50 What a trio! Christ stands here as a manifestation of the divine love, as it comes among sinners. The love of God is not dependent on our merits; frankly, Luke 7:42 , is “freely.” It is not turned away by our sins: she is a sinner. It ever manifests itself as the clearing of debts. But it demands recognition and service: thou gavest me no kiss. The woman represents those who penitently and lovingly recognize the divine love. She was not... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 7:1-50

Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." It certainly is a wonderful story, showing that the principle of faith is supreme over all privileges of race and birth. Two crowds are seen meeting outside the city of Nain, one, the Master, His disciples, and a great multitude, approaching the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 7:36-50

The Woman Who Was a Sinner Luke 7:36-50 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There was a great gulf between the Pharisees and the publicans. The Pharisees professed a piety, that, in their own estimation, lifted them far above the publicans. The publicans seemed to accept this challenge, and as a rule they hid themselves away as though they were the basest of men. We remember how the Pharisee prayed within himself; parading his self-righteousness and self-superiority; while the publican stood afar off, beating... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:37-38

TEARS OF PENITENCE‘And, behold, a woman in the city … began to wash His feet with tears.’ Luke 7:37-Zechariah : The sweet grace of penitence put forth all its fruits in one rich cluster in that woman’s soul. The self-abandonment is perfect. She has found Jesus in all, and all in Jesus. I. How ‘tears of penitence’ come.—Do not think that a mere sense of sins will ever draw a ‘tear of penitence.’ There is no instance of it on record. The three great examples which we have of ‘tears of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:1-50

2). THE FOUNDING OF THE NEW ISRAEL UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:20-8:18) In this second part of the section Luke 5:1 to Luke 9:50, Jesus now reveals Himself as the founder of the new Israel under the Kingly Rule of God: a He proclaims the new Law of the Kingly Rule of God (Luke 6:20-49). b He sends out His power to the Gentiles, to those who are seen as unclean, but who have believed. They too are to benefit from His Kingly Rule (Luke 7:1-10). c He raises the dead, a foretaste of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:37-38

‘And behold, there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at a meal in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.’ And then there was a sudden interruption. It was clearly not a large house, and there were apparently few servants, for through the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:36-50

Luke 7:6-Philippians : . The Anointing of Jesus.— Lk. only; perhaps based on the incident (though not to be identified with it) recorded in Mark 14:3-1 Samuel : *, Matthew 26:6-1 Chronicles : *, and introduced here in illustration of Jesus’ friend ship with sinners ( Luke 7:34). Simon the leper is here Simon the Pharisee; the abandoned woman enters uninvited and no one is astonished. Her tears forestall her intention, she even makes the sacrifice of letting down her hair in public. Note mg. ... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 7:37-38

What hath made any interpreters imagine this was the some story which is mentioned Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-3, I cannot tell. The histories agree scarcely in any thing, unless in the bringing the alabaster box of ointment, and the anointing our Saviour’s feet, whereas there was nothing in those countries more ordinary. That anointing was done in Bethany, within two miles of Jerusalem, this in Galilee. That in the house of one Simon the leper this in the house of one Simon a... read more