Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
Luke 7:46
Luke 7:46. Mine head with oil.... my feet with ointment. The host failed to supply oil for the head, the woman not only gave the more precious ointment, but herself applied it to His feet.
Luke 7:46. Mine head with oil.... my feet with ointment. The host failed to supply oil for the head, the woman not only gave the more precious ointment, but herself applied it to His feet.
Verse 46. _MY HEAD WITH OIL THOU DIDST NOT ANOINT_] _Anointing_ the head with oil was as common among the Jews as _washing_ the face with _water_ is among us. See Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 1...
MY HEAD WITH OIL - The custom of pouring oil upon the head was universal among the Jews. The oil used was sweet oil or oil of olives, prepared in such a way as to give an agreeable smell. It was also...
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...
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...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
_My head with oil thou didst not anoint_ This would have been, an exceptional mark of honour, though not uncommon. "Let thy head lack no ointment," Ecclesiastes 9:8; Amos 6:6; Psalms 23:5. Here it is...
ἘΛΑΊΩΙ ΤῊΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΉΝ ΜΟΥ ΟΥ̓Κ ἬΛΕΙΨΑΣ. This would have been an exceptional mark of honour, though not uncommon. “Let thy head lack no ointment,” Ecclesiastes 9:8; Amos 6:6; Psalms 23:5. Here it is only...
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...
ΈΛΑΊΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΕΛΑΙΟΝ (G1637) оливковое масло. _Instr. dat._ ΉΛΕΙΨΑΣ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 7:38. По поводу помазания и омовения тела _см._ SB, 1:426-429....
MINE HEAD WITH OIL, &C.— The reader will observe the beautiful and elegant contrast in this verse, between _common oil_ and _precious ointment,_ as well as between anointing the _head_ and anointing t...
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...
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. MY HEAD WITH OIL THOU DIDST NOT ANOINT: BUT THIS WOMAN HATH ANOINTED MY FEET WITH OINTMENT. The double co...
44 An honored guest would not only be given water, but would have had his feet washed by a slave; he would have been given a kiss of welcome by his host; and he would have been sprayed or rubbed with...
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....
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...
OIL] which was cheap, as opposed to OINTMENT, which was dear....
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...
MY HEAD WITH OIL THOU DIDST NOT ANOINT. — This also, though not so common as the kiss and the washing of the feet, was yet a mark of courtesy due to an honoured guest. For one who had journeyed to a f...
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...
στραφεὶς : Jesus looks at the woman now for the first time, and asks His host to look at her, the despised one, that he may learn a lesson from her, by a contrast to be drawn between her behaviour and...
_Host and guest_. ἀποκριθεὶς, answering, to his thought written on his face. Σίμων : the Pharisee now is called by his own name as in friendly intercourse. The whole dialogue on Christ's part presents...
_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 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...
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 Application._ Jesus follows an order the inverse of that which He had taken in the parable. In the latter He descends from the cause to the effect, from the debt remitted to the gratitude experi...
(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...
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...
MINE HEAD WITH OIL THOU DIDST NOT ANOINT,.... No not with common oil, so usually done at feasts, see Psalms 23:5 BUT THIS WOMAN HATH ANOINTED MY FEET WITH OINTMENT; even "with ointment" דבסמא, "of sp...
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Ver. 46. _Mine head with oil_] Which yet was ordinary at solemn feasts. But Simon was too short, as not und...
_And he turned to the woman_ That had been a scandalous, notorious sinner, and was the greater, the five hundred pence debtor. The Pharisee, however, though the less, the fifty pence debtor, yet was a...
MY HEAD WITH OIL THOU DIDST NOT ANOINT; BUT THIS WOMAN HATH ANOINTED MY FEET WITH OINTMENT. Two debtors were to one creditor; a fine bit of emphasis for the sake of the application of the parable: Sim...
The parable and its application:...
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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“You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.” It is clear how bare had been Simon's welcome. He had neglected all the means normally used to make a favoured guest...
WITH OINTMENT (μυρω). Instrumental case. She used the costly ointment even for the feet of Jesus....
Luke 7:44 The Forgiveness of Sin the Remission of a Debt. I. There are a peculiar tenderness and quiet pathos about this narrative which have commended it to many, even of those who have no taste for...
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 7:18. _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...
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 7:36. _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 7:36. _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...
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...
I CAME INTO YOUR HOME. Jesus shows the sharp contrast between Simon and the woman. Simon refused him water; she gave him her tears [which Augustine calls _the blood of her heart._]. Simon would not gr...
_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...
_My head with off thou didst not anoint_ THE USE OF HOSPITALITY For such is our frailty that if we were not strengthened and refreshed with baits in the way our minds would grow dull and sluggish, a...
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
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed My feet with ointment._ The more valued the guest, the more precious the perfumes wherewith He was anointed. Thou didst not anoint...
_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 Samuel 14:2; Amos 6:6; Daniel 10:3; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Micah 6:15;...
Oil [ε λ α ι ω]. In vv. 37, 38, the word muron, liquid ointment, is used. This was the finer and costlier of the two. Christ means to say to Simon, " thou didst not anoint my head, the nobler part, wi...
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...