Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
CHRIST'S FEET WASHED WITH TEARS. (Luke 7:36-50)
a sinner—one who had led a profligate life. Note.—There is no ground whatever for the popular notion that this woman was Mary Magdalene, nor do we know what her name was. (See on Luke 8:2.)
an alabaster box of ointment—a perfume vessel, in some cases very costly (John 12:5). "The ointment has here a peculiar interest, as the offering by a penitent of what had been an accessory in her unhallowed work of sin" [ALFORD].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 7:37:
Song of Solomon 1:3
Song of Solomon 1:12
Ezekiel 20:43
Matthew 21:32
Luke 7:37-38
Luke 8:2
Acts 20:21
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