Luke 7:36
New International Version
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

New Living Translation
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.

English Standard Version
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.

Berean Standard Bible
Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Berean Literal Bible
And one of the Pharisees was asking Him that He should eat with him, and having entered into the house of the Pharisee, He reclined.

King James Bible
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

New King James Version
Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.

New American Standard Bible
Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

NASB 1995
Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

NASB 1977
Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him. And He entered the Pharisee’s house, and reclined at the table.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now one of the Pharisees was asking Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Amplified Bible
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and He went into the Pharisee’s house [in the region of Galilee] and reclined at the table.

Christian Standard Bible
Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

American Standard Version
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But one of the Pharisees came asking him to eat with him and he entered the Pharisee's house and he reclined.

Contemporary English Version
A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And one of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and sat down to meat.

English Revised Version
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. Jesus went to the Pharisee's house and was eating at the table.

Good News Translation
A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat.

International Standard Version
Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So he went to the Pharisee's home and took his place at the table.

Literal Standard Version
And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking Him that He might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee He reclined,

Majority Standard Bible
Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

New American Bible
A Pharisee invited him to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.

NET Bible
Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

New Revised Standard Version
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

New Heart English Bible
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.

Webster's Bible Translation
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down at table.

Weymouth New Testament
Now one of the Pharisees repeatedly invited Him to a meal at his house; so He entered the house and reclined at the table.

World English Bible
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table.

Young's Literal Translation
And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

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Context
A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus
35But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.” 36Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.…

Cross References
Luke 7:35
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Luke 7:37
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.


Treasury of Scripture

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

one.

Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

John 11:2
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

And he.

Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Luke 11:37
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

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Luke 7
1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he held of John;
31. compares this generation to the children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners, to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.














(36) One of the Pharisees . . .--We may reasonably infer that this was one of the better class of Pharisees who had a certain measure of respect for our Lord's teaching, and was half-inclined (comp. Luke 7:39) to acknowledge Him as a prophet. Of such St. John tells us (John 12:42) there were many among the chief rulers. We find another example of the same kind in Luke 11:37. Looking to the connection in which the narrative stands, it seems probable that the man was moved by the words that had just been spoken to show that he, at least, was among "the children of wisdom," and did not take up the reproach--"a gluttonous man and a winebibber." There is something very suggestive in our Lord's accepting the invitation. He did not seek such feasts, but neither would He refuse them, for there too there might be an opening for doing His Father's work.

And sat down to meat.--Literally, He lay down This was the usual position in the East (see Note on Matthew 26:20), and in this case we have to remember it in order to understand the narrative. We learn from Luke 7:49 that there were other guests present. The Pharisee had probably invited his "friends and rich neighbours," and thought that he conferred an honour on the Prophet of Nazareth by asking Him to meet them. . . .

Verses 36-50. - The nameless woman who was a sinner, and Simon the-Pharisee. As regards the incident about to be told, some commentators have believed that the anointing was identical with that related by St. John as having taken place at Bethany very shortly before the Crucifixion. Without detailing the several points of difference in the two recitals, it will be sufficient surely to call attention to the character of the Bethany family, Lazarus and his sisters, the intimate friends of Jesus, to show how monstrous it would be to attempt to connect the poor soul who followed the Master to Simon's house with the sweet Mary of Bethany. A widely spread and, in the Western Church, a very generally received tradition identifies this woman with Mary of Magdala - the Mary Magdalene mentioned in Luke 9:2, and again after the Crucifixion, in company with the band of holy women (Luke 24:10). Out of Mary Magdalene, we learn, had been cast seven devils. This, however, gives us no clue to identify the two; rather the contrary. It is scarcely likely that the apparently well-known courtesan of the touching story was a demoniac. The earliest writers say nothing respecting the identity of the two. Gregory the Great, however, stamped the theory with his direct assertion, and that the Western Church generally accepted the identification of the two is clear from the selection of this narrative of St. Luke as the portion of Scripture appointed for the Gospel for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene (this was one of the feasts omitted by the English Reformers from the calendar of the Prayer-book of 1552). It is impossible to decide the question positively. One modern commentator of distinction quaintly pleads for Gregory the Great's rather arbitrary theory, by suggesting that there is no sufficient reason to disturb the ancient Christian belief which has been consecrated in so many glorious works of art; but, in spite of this, the opinion which considers "the woman which was a sinner" the same person as "the Magdalene," is really based on Little else than on a mediaeval tradition. St. Luke alone relates this touching story. We can conceive the joy of Paul when this "memory of the Master" came across him. It so admirably illustrates what this great teacher felt was his Master's mind on the all-important subject - the freeness and universality of salvation. It seems likely enough that Dean Plumptre's interesting conjecture respecting this scene in the Pharisee Simon's house is correct. "Occurring, as the narrative does, in St. Luke only, it is probable enough that the 'woman which was a sinner' became known to the company of devout women named in the following chapter (Luke 8:1-3), and that the evangelist derived his knowledge of the fact from them. His reticence - probably their reticence - as to the name was, under the circumstances, at once natural and considerate." No special note of time or of the locality is appended. If this sinner was one and the same with the Magdalene, then the city implied is certainly Magdala, the modern mud village of El-Mejdel, but at that time a populous wealthy town on the Lake of Galilee. If, as we believe, the two were not identical, the city is most probably Capernaum, the usual residence of our Lord. Verse 36. - And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house. Up to this period the relations between our Lord and the dominant parties in the capital had not reached a state of positive hostility. The Pharisees, as the chief among these parties in the state, had taken the initiative, and were sharply watching One whose influence among the people they more than suspected was hostile to them. But they had not as yet declared him a public enemy and blasphemer. This wealthy Pharisee, Simon, was evidently, like others of his sect at this time, Wavering in his estimate of Jesus. On the one hand, he was naturally influenced by the hostile views entertained at head-quarters concerning the Galilaean Teacher; on the other, personal intercourse with the Master, the acts he had witnessed, and the words he had heard, disposed him to a reverential admiration. Simon evidently (ver. 39) had not made up his mind whether or not Jesus was a Prophet. His soul, too - this we gather from ver. 42 - had received some great spiritual good from his intercourse with the Master. But though he invited him to be a guest at his house, and evidently loved him (ver. 47) a little, still he received his Divine Guest with but a chilling and coldly courteous reception. Not unlikely Simon the Pharisee knew he was watched that day, and that among his guests were men who would report every action of his on that occasion to the leaders of his party in Jerusalem. His cold courtesy, almost lack of courtesy, towards the Master was thus probably the result of his fear of man and of man's judgment. And sat down to meat; literally, reclined. The Jews at that time followed in their repasts the Greek (or Roman) custom of reclining on couches; the guest lay with his elbows on the table, and his feet, unsandalled, stretched out on the couch.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

one
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

invited
Ἠρώτα (Ērōta)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

[Jesus]
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

eat
φάγῃ (phagē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

him,
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He entered
εἰσελθὼν (eiselthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisee’s
Φαρισαίου (Pharisaiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

house
οἶκον (oikon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3624: A dwelling; by implication, a family.

[and] reclined at the table.
κατεκλίθη (kateklithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2625: From kata and klino; to recline down, i.e. to take a place at table.


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