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Luk 7:39. Εἰ, if) Nay, but if thou, Simon, didst know what kind of a character this woman was now become, thou wouldest judge otherwise.-προφήτης, a prophet) [The people had called Him so, Luk 7:16.-V. g.] Previously Simon had doubted: now he quickly [and without hesitation] affirms the contrary [viz. that He without doubt is not a prophet].-Ἐγίνωσκεν ἂν, He would have known) Not even does this follow, that he, whoever does not know any man that comes in his way, is decidedly no prophet.-ἅπτεται, touches) His idea was, that not even a touch of such a sinner was to be borne, much less the whole of her proceeding.