no kiss The ordinary salutation of respect in the East, where the first thing when two friends meet and wish to do each other honour is to try to kiss each other's hands. The kiss on the cheek is between equals and also to superiors. Absalom, to gain favour, kissed every man who came near him to do him obeisance; 2 Samuel 15:5. "The king kissed Barzillai," 2 Samuel 19:39. Hence this was a natural signal of recognition for the traitor to give; Matthew 26:49. See Acts 20:37. Hence the osculum pacis, Romans 16:16, &c.

I came in There is another reading, εἰσῆλθεν ,-she camein" (L and some versions), which is probable, for the woman only ascertained that Jesus was at the house after He had entered it.

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