Luke 7:50

he said to the woman Our Lord would not on this, as on the previous occasion, rebuke them for their thoughts, because the miracle which He had worked was the purely spiritual one of winning back a guilty soul, a miracle which they could not comprehend. Further, He compassionately desired to set the woman free from a notice which must now have become deeply painful to her shrinking penitence.

Thy faith hath saved thee The faith of the recipient was the necessary condition of a miracle, whether physical or spiritual, Mark 5:34; Mark 9:23; Matthew 9:2; Matthew 13:58; Matthew 15:28; John 4:50; Acts 13:8; Acts 13:8.

go in peace Rather, to or into peace a translation of the Hebrew leshalom,"for peace," 1 Samuel 1:17. "Peace" (shalom)was the Hebrew, as - grace" (χαίρειν )was the Hellenic salutation. See on Luke 2:29, and Excursus VII.

Notice that St Luke omits the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany from a deliberate "economy of method," which leads him to exclude all second or similar incidents to those which he has already related. Thus he omits a second feeding of the multitude, and healings of blind, dumb, and demoniac, of which he severally gives a single specimen. The events of Mark 7:24 viii. 26 and Luke 9:12-14 are probably excluded by St Luke on this principle to avoid repetition. It is a sign of what German writers call his Sparsamkeit.Nor must we forget that the records of all the manifold activity which at times left the Lord no leisure even to eat, are confined to a few incidents, and only dwell on the details of a few special days.