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Are forgiven (αφεωντα). As in verse 47. Remain forgiven, Jesus means, in spite of the slur of the Pharisee.
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Your sins are forgiven. What a gracious assurance to the weeping, loving, penitent! How that voice, spoken to the troubled sinner, stills …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Your sins are forgiven.—Better, as before, Your sins have been forgiven. These words throw light upon the meanin…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. …
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
The Venerable Bede: Having just said, “And the people that heard him justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Thy sins are forgiven. It may be asked, why does Christ now promise to her the pardon which she had obtained and of which she had been ass…
John Gill
JohnGill
And he says to her
Directing his discourse to the woman that now stood before him:
your sins are forgiven
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
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A.T. Robertson
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