And stood behind Jesus. Rather than sitting up, these people lay on their side on a couch when they ate a feast. She stands behind him, at his feet [which stick out behind the couch]. Crying and wetting his feet. These are tears of repentance, with a deep sense of sin, and a strong hope of mercy and forgiveness. She dried his feet with her long hair, and poured the perfume on them.
Verse 38. _STOOD AT HIS FEET BEHIND HIM_] In taking their meals, the eastern people reclined on one side; the loins and knees being bent to make the more room, the feet of each person were turned outw...
STOOD AT HIS FEET BEHIND HIM - They reclined, at their meals, on their left side, and their feet, therefore, were extended from the table, so that persons could easily approach them. See the notes at...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. Lk. only; perhaps based on the incident (though not to be identified with it) recorded in Mark 14:3 *, Matthew 26:6 *, and introduced here in illustration of Jesus-' friend shi...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
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...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. AT. beside. Greek. _para._ App-104. WASH. bedew. DID WIPE. was wiping. KISSED. was ardently kissing. Compare Acts 20:37....
_stood at his feet behind him_ This is explained by the arrangement of the _triclinia,_by which the guest reposed on his elbow at the table, with his unsandalled feet outstretched on the couch. Each g...
ὈΠΊΣΩ ΠΑΡᾺ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΌΔΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. This is explained by the arrangement of the _triclinia_. The guests reposed on their elbows at the table, with their unsandalled feet outstretched on the couch. Each gue...
JESUS IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON...
Ver 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. 37. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she...
ΣΤΆΣΑ _aor. act. part. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять. _Сопутств. part._ или _part._ образа действия, ΚΛΑΊΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Luke 7:13. Внешнее действие плача является результатом...
BEGAN TO WASH HIS FEET WITH TEARS,— _To water his feet with a shower of tears._ Doddridge; who observes that this is the proper signification of the word βρεχειν. See Matthew 5:45. We are not to imagi...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 5 The Self-Satisfied (Luke 7:36-50) 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house, and took his place at table. 37And behold, a w...
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 feet, and anointed them with the ointment. AND STOOD A...
19 As the form of the Greek word for different or "another" is indefinite as to gender, it may be rendered "a different thing" or "another thing". That is, John may have hoped that Christ was about to...
7:38 kissed (d-27) Or 'ardently kissed,' 'covered with kisses;' so ver. 45. cf. ch. 15.20; Acts 20:37 ....
CHRIST ANOINTED AT THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE (peculiar to Lk). Placed here as an illustration of how 'Wisdom' (i.e. the Gospel) is justified by the changed life of one of 'her children' (this si...
As Jesus was reclining (not sitting) with His head towards the table and His feet stretched out behind Him, the woman could easily act as indicated. TEARS] She was overwhelmed by penitent recollection...
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
AND STOOD AT HIS FEET BEHIND HIM. — The common usage of the East left the court-yard of the house open while such a feast as that described was going on, and there was nothing to hinder one who had no...
CHAPTER 13 THE ANOINTING OF THE FEET. Luke 7:36 WHETHER the narrative of the Anointing is inserted in its chronological order we cannot say, for the Evangelist gives us no word by which we may recog...
_The sinful woman_. This section, peculiar to Lk., one of the golden evangelic incidents we owe to him, is introduced here with much tact, as it serves to illustrate how Jesus came to be called the fr...
_The situation_. τις τῶν Φ.: when or who not indicated, probably not known, but of no consequence to the story; the point to be noted that one of the Pharisaic class was the inviter. τοῦ Φαρισαίου : t...
στᾶσα ὀπίσω, standing behind, at His feet. The guests reclined on couches with their feet turned outwards, a posture learned by the Jews from their various masters: Persians, Greeks, Romans. In delica...
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; _f...
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 ha...
Jesus Christ was then at table, after the manner of the Orientals, reclined at length on a couch, a little raised from the ground, having his face turned towards the table, and his feet extended. He h...
CHAPTER 23. GRATITUDE OF THE FALLEN WOMAN WHOM JESUS HAD SAVED Luke 7:36-50. “A certain one of the Pharisees asked Him that He may eat with him; and coming into the house of the Pharisee, He sat down...
_The Offence._ We are still in that epoch of transition, when the rupture between our Lord and the Pharisees, although already far advanced, was not complete. A member of this party could still invite...
(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. (37) And, behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner, when she kn...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_TEARS OF PENITENCE_ ‘And, behold, a woman in the city … began to wash His feet with tears.’ Luke 7:37 The sweet grace of penitence put forth all its fruits in one rich cluster in that woman’s soul...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
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...
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 feet, and anointed _them_ with the ointment. Ver. 38....
_And one of the Pharisees_, &c. When Jesus had finished the preceding observations on the ministry of John, the obstinacy of the scribes and Pharisees, and the conduct of all the true lovers of wisdom...
STOOD AT HIS FEET BEHIND HIM; as, according to custom, he reclined at the table....
THE FIRST ANOINTING OF JESUS. The anointing:...
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 FEET, AND ANOINTED THEM WITH THE OINTMENT. Jesus was the f...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
36-50 None can truly perceive how precious Christ is, and the glory of the gospel, except the broken-hearted. But while they feel they cannot enough express self-abhorrence on account of sin, and adm...
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Luke 7:38 and G2532 stood G2476 (G5631) at G3844 His G846 feet G4228 behind G3694 weeping G2799 ...
‘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 a...
A COMPARISON of the various accounts renders it highly probable that the Evangelist is here following the strict chronological order. (Some think the words of Luke 7:34 may have suggested the insertio...
Luke 7:38. STANDING BEHIND AT HIS FEET WEEPING, etc. She came to our Lord, as He reclined at table; standing by Him, leaning over His feet, her tears of penitence began to flow, and thus SHE BEGAN TO...
STANDING BEHIND AT HIS FEET (στασα οπισω παρα τους ποδας αυτου). Second aorist active participle from ιστημ and intransitive, first aorist εστησα being transitive. The guest removed his sandals bef...
Luke 7:36 I. The narrative encourages sinners of every name and degree to go at once to Christ. He will in nowise cast them out. There are no more touching stories in the Gospels than those which tell...
Luke 7:36. _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._ It was usually a suspicious circumstance when a Pharisee des...
Luke 7:36. _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._ They sat according to the Eastern custom of sitting, which w...
Luke 7:24. _And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?_ Certainly...
Luke 7:18. _And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things._ John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19. _And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
_And, behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner_ Jesus anointed by a weeping penitent in the house of Simon the Pharisee Much love shown where much sin has been forgiven I. IT IS TO THIS INDIVID...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:37 A WOMAN. Unnamed; see note on Mark 14:3–5. ALABASTER is a soft stone frequently used as a perfume container. RECLINING towa
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:36. ONE OF THE PHARISEES.—The invitation given by one of the Pharisees to Jesus would seem to belong to an early period of His ministry, before the enmity of that party against...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Ezra 10:1;...
At his feet behind. The body of the guest rested on the couch; the feet were turned from the table toward the walls, and the left elbow rested on the table. Wash [β ρ ε χ ε ι ν]. More literally and b...
THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER Luke 7:36 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 f...