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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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JESUS IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7:38 kissed (d-27) Or 'ardently kissed,' 'covered with kisses;' so
ver. 45. cf. ch. 15.20; Acts 20:37 ....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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STOOD AT HIS FEET BEHIND HIM; as, according to custom, he reclined at
the table....
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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...
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THE FIRST ANOINTING OF JESUS.
The anointing:...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 7:37...
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Luke 7:38 and G2532 stood G2476 (G5631) at G3844 His G846 feet G4228
behind G3694 weeping G2799 ...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 WETTI...
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_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...
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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
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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
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CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his
sayings_....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Ezra 10:1;...
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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...
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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...