Turning (στραφεις). Second aorist passive participle.

Seest thou (βλεπεις). For the first time Jesus looks…

Do you see this woman? You see what this woman has done to me, compared with what you have done. She has shown me expressions of …

Thou gavest me no water for my feet.—There had, then, been no real respect or reverence in the Pharisee’s invitation. It …

When she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, a…

The Venerable Bede: Having just said, “And the people that heard him justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John…

Again the woman is the focal point of the narrative. Surprisingly, Jesus first contrasts her acts of devotion with a lack of special attention on S…

And turning to the woman. The Lord appears to compare Simon with the woman in such a manner as to make him chargeable with nothing more th…

And he turned to the woman
That stood behind him at his feet,

No one can truly perceive how precious Christ is, and the glory of the gospel, except the broken-hearted. But while they feel they cannot express e…