Jericho; about twenty miles north-east of Jerusalem, and seven from the Jordan.
Fell among thieves; more exactly, fell among robbers. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho led through a wilderness abounding in narrow and rocky passes, and was anciently, as now, infested with robbers.
Verse 30. _AND JESUS ANSWERING_] Rather, _Then Jesus took him up_. This I believe to be the meaning of the word υπολαβων; he threw out a challenge, and our Lord _took him up_ on his own ground. See WA...
JESUS ANSWERING - Jesus answered him in a very different manner from what he expected. By one of the most tender and affecting narratives to be found anywhere, he made the lawyer his own judge in the...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (Mark 12:28 *, Matthew 22:34 *), and the PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Lk. only). The inquirer puts his question in a different form, but the meaning is the same. And in Lk....
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
Look you--an expert in the law stood up and asked Jesus a test question. "Teacher, he said, "What is it I am to do to become the possessor of eternal life?" He said to him, "What stands written in the...
ANSWERING. taking him up. Greek. _hupolambano._ Used only by Luke, here, Luke 7:43.Acts 1:9; Acts 2:15, and in this sense only here. taking [the ground] from under him. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-1...
_A certain man_ Clearly, as the tenor of the Parable implies, a Jew. _went down from Jerusalem to Jericho_ A rocky, dangerous gorge (Jos. _B. J._IV. 8, § 3), haunted by marauding Bedawin, and known as...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN...
ἌΝΘΡΩΠΌΣ ΤΙΣ. Clearly, as the tenor of the Parable implies, a Jew. ΚΑΤΈΒΑΙΝΕΝ�. A rocky, dangerous gorge (Jos. _B. J._ IV. 8, § 3), haunted by marauding Bedawin, and known as ‘the bloody way’ (_Adommi...
Ver 29. But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? 30. And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripp...
_THE GOOD SAMARITAN -- LUKE 10:25-37:_ A lawyer asked Jesus "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus asked this man what the Scriptures said about eternal life. He said, "Love the Lord...
ΎΠΟΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΎΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G5274) подбирать, подхватывать беседу, ΚΑΤΈΒΑΙΝΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) спускаться. Irnpf. ярко описывает действие, ΆΠ ΙΕΡΟΥΣΑΛ...
DISCOURSE: 1516 THE GOOD SAMARITAN Luke 10:30. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him...
AND JESUS, ANSWERING, SAID, A CERTAIN MAN, &C.— Our Lord, who well knew how to convince and persuade, answered the scribe in such a manner as to make the feelings of his heart overcome the prejudices...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Promoting Kindness (Luke 10:25-37) 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said to him, Wh...
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. AND JE...
25 A lawyer, or one versed in the law of Moses, especially in making it a burden for others than themselves (Luk_11:46), would naturally be interested in the Lord's opinion as to what deeds would meri...
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (peculiar to Lk). This lawyer is not to be identified with that of Matthew 22:3; Mark 12:28 25-28. See on Matthew 22:35....
JERICHO] see on Matthew 20:29. A city of the priests. The road to Jerusalem is still extremely dangerous, being infested by brigands....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
A CERTAIN MAN WENT DOWN. — Better, _was going down._ We enter here upon the first of a series of parables, which differ from those in St. Matthew in having more the character of actual human histories...
CHAPTER 19 THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Luke 10:25 IT would scarcely have accorded with the traditions of human nature had the teachers of religion looked favorably upon Jesus. Stepping, as He did, within th...
_The story of the good Samaritan_, commonly called a parable, but really not such in the strict sense of natural things used as vehicle of spiritual truth; an example rather than a symbol; the first o...
_The lawyer's question, and the parable of the good Samaritan_. Many critics (even Weiss, Mk.-Evang., p. 400) think that Lk. or his source has got the theme of this section from Matthew 22:35 ff., Mar...
THE MAN WHO LOVED HIS NEIGHBOR Luke 10:25-37 This parable was probably suggested by the journey up to Jerusalem. It may be founded on an actual occurrence. Notice how the Master answered the inquiry,...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
A certain man, &c. This some would have to be a history: others rather judge it spoken by way of parable, to teach us to perform offices of charity towards all men without exception. (Witham) --- Were...
THE GOOD SAMARITAN Luke 10:29-37. “And he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And Jesus, responding, said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell a...
_The good Samaritan._ How is such love to be attained? This would have been the question put by the scribe, had be been in the state of soul which Paul describes Romans 7, and which is the normal pre...
_The Priest and the Levite._ Lightfoot has proved that the Rabbins did not, in general, regard as their neighbours those who were not members of the Jewish nation. Perhaps the subject afforded matter...
(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? (27) And he...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_A PICTURE OF BROTHERLY LOVE_ ‘And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves.” Luke 10:30 The parable shows us _ three things_ in answer to the...
_THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER_ ‘Who is my neighbour?’ Luke 10:29 The turning-point in the development of a character has an interest of its own. Whether these words represented the actual turning-p...
30._And Jesus answering said. _Christ might have stated simply, that the word _neighbor _extends indiscriminately to every man, because the whole human race is united by a sacred bond of fellowship. A...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
AND JESUS ANSWERING, SAID,.... The following things; which may either be considered as a narrative of matter of fact, or as a supposed case, and delivered by way of parable; and in either way, though...
And Jesus answering said, A certain _man_ went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded _him_, and departed, leaving _him_ half dead. Ver...
_But he, willing to justify himself_ That is, to show he had done this, and was blameless, even with respect to the duties which are least liable to be counterfeited, namely, the social and relative d...
Jesus teaches who our neighbor is:...
AND JESUS, ANSWERING, SAID, A CERTAIN MAN WENT DOWN FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO, AND FELL AMONG THIEVES, WHICH STRIPPED HIM OF HIS RAIMENT, AND WOUNDED HIM, AND DEPARTED, LEAVING HIM HALF DEAD....
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) an...
25-37 If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who...
Ver. 30-37. It is certain that the principal scope of our Saviour in this history, or parable, was to convince the lawyer, that every one is our neighbour to whom God offereth us an opportunity of doi...
Luke 10:30 Then G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G5274 (G5631) said G2036 (G5627) certain G5100 man G444 down...
‘Jesus made answer and said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.” The picture w...
THE TESTING OF JESUS AND THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (10:25-37). We should note that this passage, and the parable it contains, follows directly on the idea of the previous self-revelation of Je...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
THIS incident, peculiar to Luke, must be distinguished from a later one, mentioned by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, namely, that of the rich young ruler whom Jesus loved. A similar question was put in that...
Luke 10:30. MAKING REPLY. Lit, ‘taking up,' _i.e.,_ making his question the basis of an extended reply. A CERTAIN MAN. A Jew is meant; but this is not made prominent, since the main lesson of the pa...
MADE ANSWER (υπολαβων). Second aorist active participle of υπολαμβανω (see Luke 7:43), to take up literally, and then in thought and speech, old verb, but in this sense of interrupting in talk only...
Luke 10:25 The Good Samaritan. I. It is clear that the kindness of this man was of the spirit, and not merely of the letter. Here was one main point of difference between him and the priest and Levi...
Luke 10:25. _And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy hear...
Luke 10:25. _And, behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?_ That was...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
THERE WAS A MAN. A Jew, from Jerusalem. WHO WAS GOING DOWN. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho descends over 3,000 feet in eighteen miles. WHEN ROBBERS ATTACKED HIM. This road was dangerous to travel,...
_And who is my neighbour?_ SELF-JUSTIFICATION The lawyer said--“Then comes his own particular plea or excuse, to which I intend to pay little or no attention now, it was so completely and triumphant...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:30 JERICHO. See note on Matt. 20:29. The Jericho road, still visible today, included long stretches of rocky terrain that made it convenient for ROBBERS. The road desc
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:25 The parable of the good Samaritan is an example of how the “wise and understanding” (v. Luke 10:21) do not understand even the simplest commands of Scripture (compare v....
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_And Jesus answering said._ Taking up or continuing His discourse. Euthymius. _I.e._ answering the lawyer and explaining fully and clearly to whom "neighbour" applied. _A certain man went down from J...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:25. A CERTAIN LAWYER.—One whose business it was to teach the law. It was probably in Judæa that this conversation was held; as we read (Luke 10:38) that Jesus was on His way t...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
Ezekiel 30:24; Jeremiah 51:52; Lamentations 2:12; Psalms 88:4...
Answering [υ π ο λ α β ω ν]. Used by Luke only, and in this sense only here. See on ch. Luke 7:43. It means, strictly, to take up; and hence, of conversation, to take up another's discourse and reply....
THE MESSAGE OF THE JERICHO ROAD Luke 10:25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. THE MAN WHO MADE HIS BOAST OF THE LAW A certain lawyer tempted Christ, asking Him what he should do to inherit eternal life. The Lor...
From Jerusalem to Jericho — The road from Jerusalem to Jericho (about eighteen miles from it) lay through desert and rocky places: so many robberies and murders were committed therein, that it was cal...