Luke Chapter 7 verse 46 Holy Bible
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.
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You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.
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My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but *she* has anointed my feet with myrrh.
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My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
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You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
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with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;
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Luke 7 : 46 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 46. - My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. "It never entered thy thoughts to pay me the homage - and yet I had helped thee, too, a little - of pouring oil on my head" (this was by no means an unusual mark of respect in the case of an honoured guest; to one who, under the burning sun of Palestine, had walked, perhaps, some distance, this pouring oil over the head was a great comfort and refreshment); "but she hath anointed, not my head, she shrank, poor soul! from doing this; but my feet. And, too, it was no common oil which she used, but precious, fragrant ointment. A cold, loveless welcome, indeed, my Pharisee friend, was thine! Thou thinkest it honour enough the mere admitting the carpenter's Son to thy table; no need of these special tokens of friendship for thy Guest - the water for the feet, the kiss for the face, the oil for the head. It were a pity, surely, for the great world at Jerusalem to look on thee as the friend of the Nazareth Teacher, as on the one Pharisee who loved to honour the Galilaean Reformer."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46) My head with oil thou didst not anoint.--This also, though not so common as the kiss and the washing of the feet, was yet a mark of courtesy due to an honoured guest. For one who had journeyed to a feast under the burning sun of Syria, it brought with it a sense of comfort and refreshment which made it a, fit type of spiritual realities. For the usage, see Psalm 23:5; Psalm 45:7; Ecclesiastes 9:8. Partly because the use of oil or chrism became more directly symbolic in the ritual of the Christian Church--as in baptism, confirmation, extreme unction, the coronation of kings--partly because in other climates its necessity was not felt, the practice, as belonging to common life, has dropped into disuse. Note the contrast between the olive "oil," which was commonly used, and the more costly "ointment."
