V.27-28 Laying the emphasis on the wrong person. This woman was thinking of the mother of Jesus more than of Him. Read 1:46-47 to see that Mary had her values straight. She recognized that Jesus her Savior was the most important One.
V.31-32 Two comparisons: King Solomon was an example (very feeble) of the great height of exaltation of Christ, while Jonah was an example of the depth to which the Lord went in bearing our punishment.
V.33-36 A contrast between a “single” eye and an “evil” eye. To have a single eye means that I have just one object before me and that is to please the Lord Jesus, and obey His Word. All other motives are relatively “evil.”
V.37-44 The Lord is invited to dinner by a Pharisee who notices that Jesus doesn’t go through the washing custom before eating. Here the Lord speaks very sharply to these religious leaders for their hypocrisy. He doesn’t spare them. Why do you think He spoke like this? Because a greater than Solomon or Jonas (Jonah) was there in front of them and they didn’t recognize Him — the blessed, lowly, gracious, loving and long-promised Christ (the Messiah), the Son of God. In His perfect life of obedience to God, they had everything they needed to prove Who He is, and they despised Him! (Read John 1:10-1110He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:10‑11)).
V.45-52 The lawyers, the experts in the law, join in against Him. The Lord exposes their false life too.
V.53-54 We can see from these verses that they are preparing to destroy Him. Before we close this chapter, please notice five statements in it. In verse 20, “the finger of God” and “the kingdom of God;” in verse 28, “the Word of God;” in verse 42, “the love of God;” and in verse 49, “the wisdom of God.” Five links in a wonderful chapter.