Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore I say unto thee,.... Not "for this that she hath done", as the Persic version very wrongly renders it; not because she had washed Christ's feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs, and…
Barnes' Notes
I suppose ... - He saw not “the point” of our Lord’s parable. By thus saying, therefore, he condemned himself, and prepared the way for our Lord’s reproof.
Adam Clarke
He to whom he forgave most - By this acknowledgment he was, unknowingly to himself, prepared to receive our Lord's reproof.
When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion…
Cambridge Bible
I suppose -I imagine;" -I presume." The original word has a shade of supercilious irony (comp. Act 2:15), as though Simon thought the question very trivial, and never dreamt that it could have any…
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