Luke 7:38 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Weeping at Jesus' feet, the woman washes them with her tears, dries them with her hair, kisses them, and anoints them.
What Does Luke 7:38 Mean?
Standing behind the reclining Jesus, at His feet, she begins to weep — and the tears fall fast enough to wash the dust from His feet. Having no towel, she lets down her hair, a thing no respectable woman did in public, wipes them, kisses them, and pours out the perfume.
Every gesture spends something — tears, dignity, treasure — and she counts none of it loss. This is what love looks like when it has stopped managing appearances: extravagant, wordless, undignified, true. She never speaks in the entire scene; some debts of gratitude lie too deep for speech. And Jesus, as the coming verses show, can read every tear.
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What does Luke 7:38 mean?
Weeping at Jesus' feet, the woman washes them with her tears, dries them with her hair, kisses them, and anoints them.