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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 desired to be familiar with Christ; it might generally be suspected that he wished to entrap him. Yet, on this occasion, if there was no real friendliness to Christ,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold, a woman in the city,.... Not Mary Magdalene, spoken of in Lu 8:2 under another character; and is a different person, who had not been taken notice of by the evangelist before; nor Mary the sister of Lazarus, who is said to anoint the feet of Christ, and wipe them with her hair, John 12:3. The character given of this woman, does not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A woman in the city, which was a sinner, — A sinner by profession, a public and notorious sinner, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box; of ointment, 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. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, — Her name is not given; and there are good reasons why it should not be given. Certainly, she was not Mary the sister of Lazarus, nor yet Mary Magdalene, we may be quite cure of that. Our Saviour leaves her in an anonymous condition; and it is usually best that converts of this character...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, — His feet probably lay towards the door as he reclined at the table, and she could readily get at them without becoming too conspicuous in the room: she “stood at his feet behind him weeping,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, In a particular sense, a sinner; one whose very trade was sin.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment And stood at his feet behind him weeping. As she could do, you see, without coming into the room, except for a few yards, especially if the Saviour’s feet were close against the door.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. She was not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 walls of the room, there was a space for servants to wait and serve, and such are therefore said to "stand at the feet"; and the phrase is used, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. What a blessed amalgam of humility penitence, gratitude, and love! All these are seen in what she did, especially in that unbinding of the tresses of her beauty, which had been her nets in which she had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. For water she gives her tears, for a towel, her hair; to heal the blisters of his weary pilgrimage, there are her soft lips for liniment; and then for ointment comes this precious salve.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now when the Pharisee, which had bidden him, saw it,.... Simon, who had invited Christ to eat with him, when he saw what was done by the woman, how she stood at his feet, and washed them with her tears, and wiped them with her hairs, and then kissed and anointed them: he spoke within himself; not openly and publicly, being in good manners, though...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, — He did not like to say it in so many words, but he spoke loudly enough for himself to hear it, and for Christ to hear it, too.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner. She is a sinner, and does he let her touch him, and kiss his feet, and show such tokens of affection? What man must he be who allows a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, — Well, what did he say? I think that, if some of us, taught of God, and let into the secret of eternal love, had been there, we should have whispered to one another, “What a change has been wrought in that woman! There she is, weeping, and washing the Saviour’s...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus answering said unto him,.... Christ being God omniscient, knew not only the character and conversation of this woman, which were publicly known by all, that knew any thing of her, but also the secret thoughts and reasonings of the Pharisee, and makes answer to them; which shows, that he was a prophet, in the sense of this man; yea, more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, And were, therefore, likely to be cast into prison, and to be sold as slaves.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. Christ often answers people who do not speak audibly, he answers those who only speak in their hearts. So you, who are silently praying, may take comfort. If Jesus answers a Pharisee who speaks in his heart against him, much more readily...