What is the meaning of Luke 7:50? And Jesus told the woman • Jesus addresses her directly, highlighting His personal concern amid a room filled with critics (Luke 7:44-48). • By speaking to her, He publicly affirms what He has already done privately in her heart, just as He did with the paralytic in Luke 5:20-24. • Similar moments of compassionate address appear in John 4:7-26 (the Samaritan woman) and Luke 8:48 (“Daughter, your faith has healed you”). • His words override the Pharisee’s silent judgment (Luke 7:39), showing that divine approval matters more than human opinion (Acts 10:34-35). Your faith has saved you • Salvation rests on faith—trust that Jesus is who He says He is and can do what He promises (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:28). • Her actions—tears, kisses, costly perfume—did not purchase forgiveness; they evidenced the faith already alive in her heart (James 2:17-18). • The perfect tense “has saved” points to a completed reality with ongoing results, like Abraham who “believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3). • Jesus repeats this gracious formula elsewhere: “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you” (Luke 18:42), underscoring that it is faith—not pedigree, ritual, or merit—that secures salvation. go in peace • Peace here is more than an emotion; it is the settled state of reconciliation with God (Romans 5:1). • Jesus grants what the world cannot: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you” (John 14:27). • The phrase releases her from condemnation, fear, and shame, echoing Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.” • Similar dismissals with blessing appear in Mark 5:34 and Luke 8:48, where healed women are told to “go in peace,” signaling a new life trajectory. summary • Jesus’ direct address validates the woman before skeptical onlookers. • Faith alone brings salvation, a finished work secured by Christ’s authority. • The command to “go in peace” confirms her restored relationship with God and opens the door to a life marked by holy confidence rather than shame. |
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