Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Luke 10:33
A certain Samaritan. The hereditary enemy of the Jews; despised
and hated by the latter. "The Jews and Samaritans have no dealings"
(John 4:9). If any man had excuse for passing the wounded Jew by it
was the Samaritan. But, unlike the priest and Levite,
he had compassion. His compassion leads to action, to self-denial,
and inconvenience. He dresses the man's wounds, sets him on his own
beast, carries him to the inn, and when he left, left money for his
care. For ancient inns, see PNT "Lu 2:7".
Luke 10:30-37
A certain [man]. A Jew of Jerusalem.
Went down. It was a constant descent from Jerusalem to Jericho,
over 3,000 feet in eighteen miles.
Fell among robbers. The road is a dark, desolate, mountain pass,
dangerous then, so beset by robbers still that no traveler dares go
through it without a guard.
Whuch stripped him. Not only of raiment, but of all he had; then
left him, stunned, bleeding, unconscious, nearly dead.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 5:43
Luke 10:30-37
Luke 10:33
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