John Gill Commentary Luke 7:45

"Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet." — Luke 7:45 (ASV)

You gave me no kiss
A token of civility among friends, when they met together on any occasion. The Jews have a saying ^F2, that "all kisses are foolish, excepting three; the kiss of grandeur or dignity, as in (1 Samuel 10:1) and the kiss at parting, as in (Ruth 1:14) and the kiss at meeting, as in (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 (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:

has 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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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: Shemot Rabba, sect. 6. fol. 91. 3, 4.