And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
50. Thy faith hath saved thee. To repress those murmurings, “Pour reprimer les murmures de ces gens;” — “to repress the murmurings of those people.” and, at the same time, to confirm the woman, Christ commends her faith. Let others grumble as they may, but do thou adhere steadfastly to that faith which has brought thee an undoubted salvation.
When and where this passage of story happened does not appear; this evangelist does not observe order of time in his narrative so much as the other evangelists do; but it comes in here, upon occasion of Christ's being reproached as a friend to publicans and sinners, to show that it was only for their good, and to bring them to repentance, that he conversed...
Commenting on Luke 7:36-50
Verse 50. Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. . (i) "Thy faith"