Luke 7:46 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁶My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Luke 7:46 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Matthew 6:17
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Daniel 10:3
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Topics

Anointing Depravity of Man Guilt King Oil Popular Sins Rebellion Self-Righteousness

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 admitte…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 46)

44-47. I entered ... no water--a compliment to guests. Was this “much love?” Was it any?