Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, ¹  he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, ²  he would know who and what kind of woman ³  this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

2Ki 5:20; Pr 23:7; Isa 65:5; Mt 9:12,13; Mt 20:16; Mt 21:28-31; Mr 2:6,7; Mr 7:21; Lu 3:8; Lu 7:16; Lu 7:37; Lu 12:17; Lu 15:2,28-30; Lu 16:3; Lu 18:4; Lu 18:9-11; Joh 7:12,40,41,47-52; Joh 9:24

¹ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

² tn This is a good example of a second class (contrary to fact) Greek conditional sentence. The Pharisee said, in effect, “If this man were a prophet (but he is not)…”

³ sn The Pharisees believed in a form of separationism that would have prevented them from any kind of association with such a sinful woman.