And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume. (Luke 7:37-38 NASB)
One of the elements of the Gospel accounts I have to keep reminding myself of is that no one around Jesus really understood Him. Even as Peter makes his dramatic statement about Jesus being the “Son of the Living God” he turns around and rebukes Jesus. So, when I read about someone responding to Him in a way that seems to recognize something about Him that is obvious to me but couldn’t be even known to them, it should stand out. This woman is one of the most dramatic examples.
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