Luke 7:38
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
KJV
καὶ στᾶσα ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ κλαίουσα, τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο βρέχειν τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτῆς ἐξέμαξεν, καὶ κατεφίλει τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤλειφεν τῷ μύρῳ.
Greek NT
et stans retro secus pedes ejus, lacrimis cœpit rigare pedes ejus, et capillis capitis sui tergebat, et osculabatur pedes ejus, et unguento ungebat.
Vulgate
and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
ASV
And standing behind at his feet. she began to wash his feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βρέχω
brecho
verb · 7×
δάκρυ
dakru
noun · 10×
θρίξ
thrix
noun · 15×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταφιλέω
kataphileo
verb · 6×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
μύρον
muron
noun · 14×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
ἀλείφω
aleipho
verb · 9×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐκμάσσω
ekmasso
verb · 5×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
ὀπίσω
opiso
adverb · 35×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὀπίσω παρὰ … αὐτοῦ | RP: παρὰ … αὐτοῦ ὀπίσω
- ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- ὀπίσω παρὰ … αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- παρὰ … αὐτοῦ ὀπίσω — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο βρέχειν τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο … αὐτοῦ | RP: ἤρξατο … αὐτοῦ τοῖς δάκρυσιν
- τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο βρέχειν τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο … αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἤρξατο … αὐτοῦ τοῖς δάκρυσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2616Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrection: Jesus hears the prayer of faith, expressed in words (the leper, Jairus, the Canaanite woman, the good thief)84 or in silence (the bearers of the paralytic, the woman with a hemorrhage who touches his clothes, the tears and ointment of the sinful…
§2712Contemplative prayer is the prayer of the child of God, of the forgiven sinner who agrees to welcome the love by which he is loved and who wants to respond to it by loving even more.8 But he knows that the love he is returning is poured out by the Spirit in his heart, for everything is grace from God. Contemplative prayer is the poor and humble surrender to the loving will of t…
2. Having therefore called him, He also honored him with a very great honor by partaking straightway of his table; for in this way He would both give him good hope for the future, and lead him on to a greater confidence. For not in a long time, but at once, He healed his vice. And not with him only does He sit down to meat, but with many others also; although this very thing wa…
Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) · 2 passages
A brother asked Abba Poemen, "What should I do about my sins?" The old man said to him, "He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears, and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears. For weeping is the way the Scriptures and our Fathers have handed on to us."
It was said of Abba Arsenius that during all his life as a monk he always had a cloth on his lap on account of the tears which fell from his eyes.
The preaching of repentance is joined with the Gospel. For so the Lord said in the Gospel: "Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations." By repentance we understand the knowledge of one's sin, true sorrow for sin, and the earnest endeavor henceforth to serve God and follow his commandments. True repentance does not flow from what is to be s…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed
- 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- Eccl 9:8 — Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
- Exod 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
- Gen 18:4 — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- Isa 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou
- Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
- John 13:4 — He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
- John 13:5 — After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
- Luke 7:44 — And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the
- Luke 8:44 — Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
- Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Matt 28:9 — And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- Ps 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Ps 38:18 — For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
- Ps 51:17 — The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- Ps 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.