Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 7:50 - 7:50

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 7:50 - 7:50


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50. εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα. The πρὸς implies that He turned from the guests to her. Our Lord would not on this, as on the previous occasion, rebuke them for their thoughts, because the miracle which He had worked was the purely spiritual one of winning back a guilty soul,—a miracle which they could not comprehend. Further, He compassionately desired to set the woman free from a notice which must now have become deeply painful to her shrinking penitence.

ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε. The same phrase as in Luk 8:48; Luk 17:19; Luk 18:42. It is found twice in St Mark, once in St Matthew. “Fides non amor; fides ad nos spectat, amore convincuntur alii.” Bengel. The faith of the recipient was the necessary condition of a miracle, whether physical or spiritual, Mar 5:34; Mar 9:23; Mat 9:2; Mat 13:58; Mat 15:28; Joh 4:50; Act 3:16; Act 14:8.

εἰς εἰρήνην. ‘To’ or ‘into peace’ (Luk 8:48)—a translation of the Hebrew leshalôm, “for peace,” 1Sa 1:17. ‘Peace’ (shalom) was the Hebrew, as ‘grace’ (χαίρειν) was the Hellenic salutation. See on Luk 2:29, and Excursus VII. It should be noticed as a matter for imitation that our Lord declines to enter into any controversy on the subject. Controversy is always undesirable, except when it becomes indispensable.

Notice that St Luke omits the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany from a deliberate “economy of method,” which leads him to exclude all second or similar incidents to those which he has already related. Thus he omits a second feeding of the multitude, and healings of blind, dumb, and demoniac, of which he severally gives a single specimen. The events of Mar 7:24 to Mar 8:26 and Mar 9:12-14 are probably excluded by St Luke on this principle—to avoid repetition. It is a sign of what German writers call his Sparsamkeit. Nor must we forget that the records of all the manifold activity which at times left the Lord no leisure even to eat, are confined to a few incidents, and only dwell on the details of a few special days.