45Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
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And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-49)When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion of Christ’s being reproached as a friend to publicans and sinners , to show that it was only for their good, and to bring them to repentance, that he conversed with them; and that those whom he admitt…
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