John Gill's Exposition on Luke 7:45

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thou gavest me no kiss, etc.] A token of civility among friends, when they met together on any occasion. The Jews have a saying f314, that “all kisses are foolish, excepting three; the kiss of grandeur or dignity, as in (<091001>1 Samuel 10:1) and the kiss at parting, as in (<080114>Ruth 1:14) and the kiss at meeting, as in (<020427>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 (<012911>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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