The Bible In Paintings 63A: A SINFUL WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS, Part 1

c.2,200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

A SINFUL

WOMAN

ANOINTS

JESUS

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L U K E ,,, 7
New International Version, emphases added
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LUKE, Chapter 7

36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”

“Tell me, teacher,” he said.

41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

PLEASE NOTE: Jesus was anointed on (at least) two occasions: here, and also some time later in anticipation of his funeral, as Jesus said. The second time, Mary of Bethany poured costly perfume on Jesus' head and feet—
see Matthew 26, Mark 14 and John 12.

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by Master of Guillaume Lambert
"Dinner at Simon's House"

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by JIM HARRIS
"Humble Adoration"

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by CINDY SHAMP
"Woman Anoints Jesus With Perfume"

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by Asp Arts
"Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman"

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by ANN LUKESH
"Anointing the Feet of Jesus"

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by JAMES TISSOT
"A Woman Anoints the Feet of Jesus"

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by JEAN VAN ORLEY
"Jesus Annointed by a Sinful Woman"

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by ANTONIUS CAMPUS
"The Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus’ Feet"

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by WINITHA FERNANDO
"Woman Anoints Jesus' Feet"

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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"Woman Washes Feet of Jesus with Tears"

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by DIERIC BOUTS
"Christ in the House of Simon"

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by LUCY McTIER
"The Sinful Woman"

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To be continued…

[Red Badger]

People were much cleaner during Greco-Roman times than in the Dark Ages and the Medieval times and even the Renaissance that followed. It wasn’t until the ‘Enlightenment’ that people began personal hygiene regimens again..............

[Hebrews 11:6]

I've read that French women in the 1700s bragged about how many years since they had bathed, because they relied on perfume.

[Red Badger]

A tradition that continues to this day...................

Back in 2000, I was in Germany on a job for the German Air Force in Berlin. We had to stay in a small village inn near the AFB because there was some convention in town and all the big hotels and motels were booked solid.

The maid, who spoke intermittent English, and had never met many Americans said that “You Americans are very clean people!”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“You take baths every night! My husband only takes a bath maybe once a week!”...............

[Hebrews 11:6]

In that case, Red, you pass the smell test.

[Red Badger]

I remember getting off the plane in Paris, DeGaulle Airport, after flying all night across the Atlantic and the first thing I noticed was the SMELL!

The airport was full of people from all over the world, it looked like a UN General Assembly. The smell was horrendous.................

[Hebrews 11:6]

As my mother used to say, “The smeller is the feller!”

[Hebrews 11:6]

I’ve enjoyed sitting at LAX near the international airlines’ counters and observing their customers, who all resemble their compatriots.

[Red Badger]

Like the Bar Scene in Star Wars....................

[Hebrews 11:6]

LOL

[Forgiven_Sinner]

One of my favorite stories from scripture for it has one of Jesus’ funniest lines:

44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman?”

The woman had been on her knees, crying and anointing Jesus feet long enough for Simon to judge her in his heart and Jesus ask him to judge between two debtors. She’d made a scene in short, and everyone in the room (or outside on a terrace) was watching her and listening to Jesus and Simon.

Oh, the irony.

This is quite the set up and rebuke for Simon, for Jesus judges him out of Simon’s own mouth and behavior.

Just in case any of us is feeling superior to Simon, consider Jesus’ words about how He will judge us all: by every word we speak.

Matthew 12:36 I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

I consider this verse the most frightening in the Bible.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

As usual, I love Tissot. He accurately portrays the postures and eating style of the time—on low couches. No tables. He hides the woman’s face as she cries on Jesus’ feet, making her into everywoman and everyman who has ever sinned and failed miserably.

I wonder, as I have many times, which artists influence others? I see many with the same pose as Tissot’s.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I examined that painting minutely. The woman’s right hand is on top and clearly has 5 fingers. Her left hand is under Jesus’ foot. What look like fingers seem to be Jesus’ toes, but I only see 4. The fingers on the woman’s left hand aren’t clear at all.

I think it’s confusingly rendered.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Reverential fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, but I know you know that perfect love casts out fear.

God imagined and then invented humor, and He is its oldest practitioner. I'm glad you are one of the enlightened Christians who is not afraid to recognize His tremendous sense of humor when He manifests it. The Chosen had a(n invented) beaut last night when Jesus said sardonically, "Interesting point."

[Hebrews 11:6]

When the dust clears after I illustrate Revelation 22 (!), I might throw in some “Greatest Hits” threads, as I’ve done a couple of times—and I assure you, ol’ Jacques Joseph will lead that parade.