Luke 10:29-37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:37

And he said, he that showed mercy to him ,.... Meaning the Samaritan; which he was obliged to declare, though of another country and religion, and accounted as an enemy; yet the case was so plain, as put by Christ, that he could not with any honour or conscience, say otherwise: then said Jesus unto him, go and do thou likewise ; such like acts of beneficence and kindness, though to a person of a different nation and religion, and though even an enemy; and by so doing, thou wilt not only... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:29

Willing to justify himself - Wishing to make it appear that he was a righteous man, and that consequently he was in the straight road to the kingdom of God, said, Who is my neighbor? supposing our Lord would have at once answered, "Every Jew is to be considered as such, and the Jews only." Now as he imagined he had never been deficient in his conduct to any person of his own nation, he thought he had amply fulfilled the law. This is the sense in which the Jews understood the word neighbor,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:30

And Jesus answering - Rather, Then Jesus took him up. This I believe to be the meaning of the word ὑπολαβων ; he threw out a challenge, and our Lord took him up on his own ground. See Wakefield's Testament. A certain man went down from Jerusalem - Or, A certain man of Jerusalem going down to Jericho. This was the most public road in all Judea, as it was the grand thoroughfare between these two cities for the courses of priests, twelve thousand of whom are said to have resided at... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:31

And by chance - Κατα συγκυριαν properly means the coincidence of time and circumstance. At the time in which the poor Jew was half dead, through the wounds which he had received, a priest came where he was. So the priest's coming while the man was in that state is the coincidence marked out by the original words. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:31-32

Priest and Levite are mentioned here, partly because they were the most frequent travelers on this road, and partly to show that these were the persons who, from the nature of their office, were most obliged to perform works of mercy; and from whom a person in distress had a right to expect immediate succor and comfort; and their inhuman conduct here was a flat breach of the law, Deuteronomy 22:1-4 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:33

Samaritan is mentioned merely to show that he was a person from whom a Jew had no right to expect any help or relief, because of the enmity which subsisted between the two nations. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:34

Pouring in oil and wine - These, beaten together, appear to have been used formerly as a common medicine for fresh wounds. Bind up a fresh cut immediately in a soft rag or lint, moistened with pure olive oil, and the parts will heal by what is called the first intention, and more speedily than by any other means. An inn - Πανδοχειον , from παν , all, and δεχομαι , I receive; because it receives all comers. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:35

Two pence - Two denarii, about fifteen pence, English; and which, probably, were at that time of ten times more value there than so much is with us now. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:36

Which - was neighbor - Which fulfilled the duty which one neighbor owes to another? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:37

He that showed mercy - Or, so much mercy. His prejudice would not permit him to name the Samaritan, yet his conscience obliged him to acknowledge that he was the only righteous person of the three. Go, and do thou likewise - Be even to thy enemy in distress as kind, humane, and merciful, as this Samaritan was. As the distress was on the part of a Jew, and the relief was afforded by a Samaritan, the lawyer, to be consistent with the decision he had already given, must feel the force of... read more

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