Luke 10:31. By chance. In the language of common life. As a fact, most opportunities of doing good come as it were ‘by chance,' though providentially ordered of God.

A certain priest was going, etc. The naturalness of the parable is remarkable. Jericho was a priestly city, and the priests would go to and from Jerusalem to perform their duties in the order of their courses. The case is more pointed, if this one is regarded as coming from priestly duty in the house of God.

He passed by on the other side. Did not even stop to examine the man's condition. In the priest's case, pride seems prominent. In thus acting he disobeyed the spirit, though not the letter of the Mosaic law (Exodus 23:4-5; Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Isaiah 58:7).

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Old Testament