Luke 7:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. ”

Luke 7:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Luke 7:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Anointing of Jesus. Lk. only; perhaps based on the incident (though not to be identified with it) recorded in Mark 14:3-9 *, Matthew 26:6-13 *, and introduced here in illustration of Jesus-...
Luke 7:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Anointing the head with oil was as common among the Jews as washin...
Luke 7:46 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 anoi...
Luke 7:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 dou...
Luke 7:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 .
Luke 7:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Luke 7:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 THE ANOINTING OF THE FEET. Luke 7:36-50 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...
Luke 7:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 meri...
Luke 7:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 h...
Luke 7:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 k...
Luke 7:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Luke 7:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Luke 7:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Luke 7:46 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 thi...
Luke 7:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ in the House of the Pharisee. 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Phari...
Luke 7:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 7:40 "
Luke 7:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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 gues...
Luke 7:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 a...
Luke 7:46 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 7:36-50 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 whi...
Luke 7:46 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 the...
Luke 7:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 rule...
Luke 7:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 IND...
Luke 7:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 7:1-42 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 th...
Luke 7:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable and its application:
Luke 7:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:2 ; Amos 6:6 ; Daniel 10:3 ; Ecclesiastes 9:8 ; Micah 6:15 ; Matthew 6:17 ; Psalms 104:15 ; Psalms 23:5 ; Ruth 3:3
Luke 7:46 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Woman Who Was a Sinner Luke 7:36-50 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There was a great gulf between the Pharisees and the publicans. The Pharisees professed a piety, that, in their own estimation, lifte...

Luke 7:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 7:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 7:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 7:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 7:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 7:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 7:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 7:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 7:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 7:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 7:46 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 7:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 7:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 7:46 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 7:46 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 7:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 7:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 7:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 7:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 7:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 7:46 - Wells of Living Water Commentary