Thou gavest me no kiss,.... A token of civility among friends, when they met together on any occasion. The Jews have a saying , that"all kisses are foolish, excepting three; the kiss of grandeur or dignity, as in 1Sa 10:1 and the kiss at parting, as in Ru 1:14 and the kiss at meeting, as in Ex 4:27 (of which sort this kiss may be thought to be), to which some add the kiss of consanguinity (or that used by relations to one another), as in Ge 29:11'but this woman, since the time I came in.
The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "since she came in"; and so two of Stephens's copies; which seems to be the more agreeable reading, seeing Christ was in Simon's house before this woman came; for she knowing that he was there, came thither after him:hath not ceased to kiss my feet; which shows, that this action was repeated by her times without number, even ever since she came into the house.
Shemot Rabba, sect. 6. fol. 91.