Lucas 7:45

45 Tú no me saludaste con un beso, pero ella, desde el momento en que entré, no ha dejado de besarme los pies.

Lucas 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Lucas 7:45 In-Context

43 Simón contestó:
—Supongo que la persona a quien le perdonó la deuda más grande.
—dijo Jesús.

44 Luego se volvió a la mujer y le dijo a Simón:

45 Tú no me saludaste con un beso, pero ella, desde el momento en que entré, no ha dejado de besarme los pies.

46 Tú no tuviste la cortesía de ungir mi cabeza con aceite de oliva, pero ella ha ungido mis pies con un perfume exquisito.

47 »Te digo que sus pecados —que son muchos— han sido perdonados, por eso ella me demostró tanto amor; pero una persona a quien se le perdona poco demuestra poco amor.