Note 1 at Lk. 7:37: Some people have thought since Mary Magdalene is mentioned in Luke 8:2 as ministering to Jesus of her substance that perhaps she was this sinful woman spoken of here. This can neither be confirmed nor denied. This is a different instance than when Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anointed Jesus' head and feet and wiped them with her hair (Mt. 26:6-13; Mk. 14:3-9; Jn. 12:2-8).

Note 2 at Lk. 7:37: The city spoken of here cannot be known for certain. The last city mentioned in this chapter was the city of Nain where Jesus raised the widow's son from the dead. (v. 11). However, verse 18 says that John's disciples went and showed him of all these things. Depending on where John was imprisoned, whether, as Josephus records (Antiq. 18:5.2), in Machaerus, which was a fortress located in the mountains east of the Dead Sea or in Sepphoris, as Mark 6:21 would suggest, a time of one to ten days had gone by before John's disciples returned with John's question (v. 19). (The city of Sepphoris, although not mentioned in scripture, is mentioned historically as Herod's headquarters and "metropolis" in the province of Galilee. It was 10 miles NW of Nain and 5 miles due north of Nazareth.) In that amount of time, Jesus could have travelled to any of the cities of Galilee.