Each of the four Gospels tells about the woman who anoints Jesus while he is at table, and in each Gospel someone sharply rebukes her for her action. But Luke is unique: unlike event as told the other ...

But it was not clear at all. Gregory's remarkable assertion was based on the idea that Mary was the unnamed "sinful woman" who anoints Jesus' feet in the seventh chapter of Luke--a conflation many ...

Then turning to the woman, he said, “Your sins are forgiven . . . Your faith has saved you; go in peace” (vv. 48, 50). The Pharisees watching the prostitute anoint Jesus saw only a fallen ...

This story complements the story in Luke 7:36-50 of the woman "who was a sinner" anointing the feet of Jesus, thus becoming the unwelcome center of attention at a dinner in which Jesus was a guest.

where Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus, and Luke 7:36–50, where an unnamed sinful woman anoints Jesus—cast this reputation of sinfulness upon Mary Magdalene. Remembering Mary Magdalene rightly is ...

First, they plan to anoint Jesus’s body — an unneeded action. Two chapters earlier, Mark described how an unnamed woman poured expensive ointment on Jesus’s head. When his dinner companions ...

Today the Gospel focuses on how Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus ... (1) the woman is identified as a “sinner” who (2) “learns” Jesus would be at that dinner and (3) weeps over Jesus ...

The Gospel of Matthew (26:6–16) recounts a similar scene, with the woman anointing Jesus during a meal at Simon the Leper’s house. The disciples were indignant at what they saw as a waste of ...