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Luke 7:39 Explained in Context
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Verse 39. 39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 7:39 records the speech or response at Luke 7:39 within Luke 7:36–7:50: “Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this…”.
Read It With
- Luke 7:36–7:50
Read Luke 7:39 with 7:36–7:50. In isolation, this contribution—records the speech or response at Luke 7:39 within Luke 7:36–7:50: “Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this…”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: At Simon the Pharisee's meal, a woman weeps, anoints Jesus' feet, and receives defense through a debt parable; Jesus names her love, forgiveness, faith, and peace.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 7:39 records the speech or response at Luke 7:39 within Luke 7:36–7:50: “Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this…”. This precise contribution belongs inside “A Forgiven Woman Challenges a Pharisee's Hospitality” because At Simon the Pharisee's meal, a woman weeps, anoints Jesus' feet, and receives defense through a debt parable; Jesus names her love, forgiveness, faith, and peace.
What Remains True
Luke 7:39 records the speech or response at Luke 7:39 within Luke 7:36–7:50: “Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this…”. Read inside Luke 7:36–7:50, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: At Simon the Pharisee's meal, a woman weeps, anoints Jesus' feet, and receives defense through a debt parable; Jesus names her love, forgiveness, faith, and peace. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 7:39 records the speech or response at Luke 7:39 within Luke 7:36–7:50: “Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this…”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Protect a stigmatized woman's agency and receive repentant love without sexualizing her, confusing her with another figure, excusing intrusive touch, or making affection payment for forgiveness.
Continue in Context
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Read Luke 7:36–7:50 — A Forgiven Woman Challenges a Pharisee's HospitalitySources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 7:36–7:50, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 7:36–7:50
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 7:36–7:50
Open source ↗