Luca 7:45

45 Tu non m’hai dato alcun bacio; ma ella, da che sono entrato, non ha smesso di baciarmi i piedi.

Luca 7:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:45

Thou gavest me no kiss
A token of civility among friends, when they met together on any occasion. The Jews have a saying F2, 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 thought to be), to which some add the kiss of consanguinity (or that used by relations to one another), as in ( Genesis 29:11 ) ''

but this woman, since the time I came in.
The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "since she came in"; and so two of Stephens's copies; which seems to be the more agreeable reading, seeing Christ was in Simon's house before this woman came; for she knowing that he was there, came thither after him:

hath not ceased to kiss my feet;
which shows, that this action was repeated by her times without number, even ever since she came into the house.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Shemot Rabba, sect. 6. fol. 91. 3, 4.

Luca 7:45 In-Context

43 Simone, rispondendo, disse: Stimo sia colui al quale ha condonato di più. E Gesù gli disse: Hai giudicato rettamente.
44 E voltosi alla donna, disse a Simone: Vedi questa donna? Io sono entrato in casa tua, e tu non m’hai dato dell’acqua ai piedi; ma ella mi ha rigato i piedi di lagrime e li ha asciugati co’ suoi capelli.
45 Tu non m’hai dato alcun bacio; ma ella, da che sono entrato, non ha smesso di baciarmi i piedi.
46 Tu non m’hai unto il capo d’olio; ma ella m’ha unto i piedi di profumo.
47 Per la qual cosa, io ti dico: Le sono rimessi i suoi molti peccati, perché ha molto amato; ma colui a cui poco è rimesso, poco ama.
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