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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There was a certain creditor,.... All the Oriental versions premise something to this. The Syriac version reads, "Jesus said unto him". The Arabic version, "then he said". The Persic version, "Jesus said"; and the Ethiopic version, "and he said to him"; and something of this kind is understood, and to be supplied in the text: which had two...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, he frankly forgave them both. “Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most.” Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Now,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they had nothing to pay,.... Neither the lesser nor greater debtor; for though not alike in debt, yet both insolvent: man has run out his whole stock, which the God of nature gave him, in his original creation and primitive state; and is become a bankrupt and a beggar, is poor, wretched, and miserable; he has no money, he has nothing to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most. Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. There were no bonds, no promises of what they would do in the future, but he frankly forgave them both.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Simon answered and said,.... Very readily, without any hesitation, not being aware of the application of it, to the instance he had been pondering in his mind: I suppose, that he to whom he forgave most; it was his opinion, and to him a plain case, that he that owed the largest debt, and that being forgiven him fully, and freely, as he was under...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he turned to the woman,.... That stood behind him at his feet, and said to Simon, seest thou this woman? and what she has done? pointing to her, and comparing him, and her, and their actions together, whereby he might judge of the preceding parable, and how fitly it might be applied to the present case: I entered into thine house; not of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. “She has given my feet no common washing, for she has washed them with her tears. You would only have brought me a linen napkin, but she hath ‘wiped them with the hairs of her head.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I entered into thine house, — “Therefore thou wast bound by the obligations of a host,” — Luk_7:44. Thou gavest me no water for my feet: — An ordinary commonplace courtesy in the East, almost a necessity for those who have walked far, and whose feet are weary and dusty: “Thou gavest me no water for my feet:” — Luk_7:44. But she hath washed my feet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, And it was, therefore, thy duty to attend to me. Luk_7:44. Thou gavest me no water for my feet: Though that was the common custom.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head Thou gavest me no kiss; Which was the customary welcome to every honoured guest — a kiss upon the cheek or upon the forehead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? Christ knew that Simon did see her, and that he had just been sneering at her in his heart: “Seest thou this woman?” Luk_7:44. I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and washed them with the hairs of her head....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou gavest me no kiss,.... A token of civility among friends, when they met together on any occasion. The Jews have a saying (b), that "all kisses are foolish, excepting three; the kiss of grandeur or dignity, as in 1 Samuel 10:1 and the kiss at parting, as in Ruth 1:14 and the kiss at meeting, as in Exodus 4:27 (of which sort this kiss may be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss, Which was usually given as a greeting to guests at that time. Simon had not given to Jesus the honour which was due to him, which would have been to kiss his forehead. Luk_7:45. But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. Every word is emphatic to show how far she had gone beyond Simon, who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss: — Though that was the ordinary mode of !an honoured guest, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. She has done what thou oughtest to have done; she has done it better than thou couldest have done it; she has done it when there was no claim upon her to do it, except that she had been forgiven much, and, therefore, loved much.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou gavest me no kiss: Yet that was the Eastern custom in welcoming an honoured guest. Luk_7:45. But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. “At best, thou wouldst only have kissed me once, but this woman, since I came in, has never left off kissing my feet. With a sacred audacity of love, she has lifted my feet to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 spices", as the Syriac version renders it. There is, throughout the whole account, an opposition between the conduct of Simon, and this woman: he gave...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: Another usual Eastern custom with guests whom the host intended to honour. Luk_7:46. But this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Anointed them, not with ordinary olive oil, but with precious costly ointment.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. You said in your heart that, if I had been a prophet, I should have known who and what manner of woman this was. I do know, and I am telling you. If you had given me a kiss, you would only have coldly kissed my brow, but she has found it in her heart to honour me by kissing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My head with oil thou didst not anoint; This, too, was the usual custom.