Bible Strands
Luke 7:37
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Luke narrates a dinner scene at a Pharisee’s house where Jesus is reclining at the table when a woman from the town arrives carrying an alabaster jar of perfume.
The words — γυνὴ (gunē) translates literally as “a woman,” and ἥτις (hētis) functions as a relative pronoun meaning “who,” together introducing the unnamed figure who acts.
The thread — The motif of a woman bringing an alabaster jar of perfume to Jesus appears in Mark 14:3 and Matthew 26:6, while the designation of a “sinful woman” parallels the moral reversal in Matthew 21:31.
Why it lands — The text records a concrete actionI have to answer now.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Cross-references
- Mark 14:3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
- Matthew 26:6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
- Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
- Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 7:37 When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- Luke 18:13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- John 12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 1 Timothy 1:9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,