Luke 7:1-50
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAIN] 25 m. SW. of Capernaum on the hill 'little Hermon' as it slopes down to the plain of Esdraelon: now a squalid collection of mud-hovels. MUCH PEOPLE] RV 'a great multitude.' Lazarus also was raised in the presence of a multitude of witnesses.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON (peculiar to Lk). On the credibility and significance of Christ's miracles of resurrection, consult Matthew 9:18; John 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARRIED OUT] Jewish tombs were always outside the walls, and burials were required to be performed within 24 hours. ONLY SON] see Jeremiah 6:26; Zechariah 12:10; Amos 8:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BIER] a mere pallet, not a coffin. I SAY UNTO THEE] Elijah and Elisha raised the dead with difficulty, and after strong wrestlings with God in prayer (1 Kings 17:20; 2 Kings 4:33), Christ without effort, by a single word of power: cp. John 11:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT PROPHET] or, 'even the prophet' (Deuteronomy 18:15), for only the very greatest prophets had raised the dead.... [ Continue Reading ]
A DEPUTATION FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. See on Matthew 11:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST'S OPINION OF JOHN. See on Matthew 11:7. 29, 30. Peculiar to Lk.... [ Continue Reading ]
REJECTED] RV 'rejected for themselves the counsel of God.' God's 'counsel,' or design, was that they should be prepared for the coming of Christ by receiving John's baptism.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sinful woman). 'We are still in that epoch of transition when the rupture between our Lord and the Pha... [ Continue Reading ]
SAT DOWN] or, rather, 'lay down,' 'reclined.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A SINNER] i.e. a woman of ill fame, or, rather, one who had been such. She would have no difficulty in entering the house, as banquets in the East are generally public functions. AN ALABASTER BOX (RV 'cruse')] 'We have evidence that perfumed oils—notably oil of roses, and of the iris plant, but chie... [ Continue Reading ]
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 recollections of her past life, and gratitude to Him who had saved her from it. HAIRS] To appreciate this act we... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS MAN, IF HE WERE A PROPHET] One good MS reads 'the prophet.'... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERING] The Pharisee thought that Jesus did not know the woman's history. Jesus shows the Pharisee that He can discern even the thoughts of his own heart. SIMON] the same as Simeon, or Symeon. It is a mere coincidence that the other anointing took place at the house of a man of the same nam... [ Continue Reading ]
PENCE] i.e. _denarius_ According to weight a _denarius_ was about 8_d._, but according to purchasing power 2_s._ or more. The two debts were, therefore, about £50 and £5.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO WATER] cp. Genesis 18:4; Judges 19:21; 1 Samuel 25:41 and see on John 13:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
OIL] which was cheap, as opposed to OINTMENT, which was dear.... [ Continue Reading ]
'Thou canst see that she is a reformed character and that her many sins have been forgiven, because of the love she bears to Me, who have saved her from her sinful life.' It should be carefully observed that the woman loved because she was forgiven, not forgiven because she loved. TO WHOM LITTLE IS... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SINS ARE FORGIVEN] Christ had forgiven her before, when she turned from her old life. He now for her greater comfort renews the absolution. For the bearing of Christ's absolving power upon His divinity, see on Matthew 9:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS ALSO] RV 'even sins.'... [ Continue Reading ]