Luke 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, See you this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet… There are two sorts of tears, as shows St. Austin. Some are commendable, others are discommendable. 1. Commendable tears are natural or spiritual. Natural tears, as Jeremiah 31:15. These discover natural affection, and being well bounded are not to be blamed (Luke 23:28). 2. Spiritual tears are either tears of passion and contrition, as Matthew 26:75, or of compassion and devotion, as Jeremiah 9:1, 2; Luke 19:1. Tears culpable or discommendable are likewise of two sorts, temporal or infernal. 1. Temporal, are those shed in this life by wicked ones. And they are of two sorts, worldly or hypocritical. (1) Worldly tears are those which are occasioned merely for worldly losses. Of these we read in Ezekiel 8:14; Hosea 7:14; Hebrews 12:1. (2) Hypocritical tears are those which are produced from dissimulation and deceit. Of these we read in Jeremiah 41:5, 6. 2. Infernal tears are those shed by the damned in hell (Luke 13:28; Matthew 24:51; Matthew 25:30). (N. Rogers.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. |
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