not anoint--even common olive oil in contrast with the woman's "ointment" or aromatic balsam. Verse 2. . It tells the records of two great miracles performed by Jesus, his reply to John the Baptist's question, and the anointing by a sinful woman. How much love was here? 1 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. This page was last edited on 18 July 2020, at 07:15. - And … Jesus then uses the story of two debtors to explain that a woman loves him more than his host, because she has been forgiven of greater sins. 47. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. So says He who knew her heart ( Luke 7:47 ). See Christ's power over death itself. Her sins which are many--"Those many sins of hers," our Lord, who admitted how much more she owed than the Pharisee, now proclaims in naked terms the forgiveness of her guilt. began to wash, &c.--to "water with a shower." Christ heals the servant of a centurion, who is commended for his faith, Luke 7:1-10.Raises a widow's son to life at Nain, Luke 7:11-17.John Baptist hears of his fame, and sends two of his disciples to inquire whether he was the Christ, Luke 7:18-23.Christ's character of John, Luke 7:24-30.The obstinate blindness and capriciousness of the Jews, Luke 7:31-35. When John the Baptist was in prison and heard of the works performed by Jesus, John sent two of his disciples as messengers to ask a question of Jesus: Following this episode, Jesus begins to speak to the crowds about John the Baptist, describing him as the 'messenger' foretold in prophecy (Malachi 3:1). Luke 7:1-10 . [6] In the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, commentator F. W. Farrar explains that "the notion that St Luke therefore supposed Nain to be in Judaea is quite groundless. Like Nathan with David, our Lord conceals His home thrust under the veil of a parable, and makes His host himself pronounce upon the case. I entered . This passage comes right after the conclusion of Jesus’ instructions to his disciples on how to be a disciple. The location is the village of Nain in Galilee, two miles south of Mount Tabor. "Stood at his feet behind him": Jesus, as other guests, 'reclined on couches with their feet turned outwards', a common posture in that period of time also for Persians, Greeks, Romans. . Luke 7:38. στᾶσα ὀπίσω, standing behind, at His feet. 2012. He has taught them with words what it means to follow Him. Where she had met with Christ before, or what words of His had brought life to her dead heart and a sense of divine pardon to her guilty soul, we know not. Note.--There is no ground whatever for the popular notion that this woman was Mary Magdalene, nor do we know what her name was. 39. the Pharisee--who had formed no definite opinion of our Lord, and invited Him apparently to obtain materials for a judgment. Commentary on Luke 7:11-18 (Read Luke 7:11-18) When the Lord saw the poor widow following her son to the grave, he had compassion on her. A "sinful woman" comes into his house during the meal and anoints Jesus' feet with perfume, wiping them dry with her hair. Nain--a small village not elsewhere mentioned in Scripture, and only this once probably visited by our Lord; it lay a little to the south of Mount Tabor, about twelve miles from Capernaum. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.] What evidence was thus afforded of any feeling which forgiveness prompts? Either then Jesus was a blaspheming deceiver, or He is God manifest in the flesh. The setting of the Parable of the Two Debtors is the house of Simon, a Pharisee, who had invited Jesus to eat with him. The Arabic version renders it, "blessed is he that doubts not of me". kissed--The word signifies "to kiss fondly, to caress," or to "kiss again and again," which Luke 7:45 shows is meant here. See Christ's power over death itself. These are the observations of the Evangelist, not of our Lord. . Luke 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. (In Luke only). Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). Commentary for Luke 7 . ... 7:19-35 To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. Now, in Luke 7, 8 and 9, Christ is going to teach by example what it takes to be his disciple. 40-43. This is the first of three miracles of Jesus in the canonical gospels in which he raises the dead, the other two being the raising of Jairus' daughter and of Lazarus. Our Lord speaks this with delicate politeness, as if hurt at these inattentions of His host, which though not invariably shown to guests, were the customary marks of studied respect and regard.

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