Luke 17:18. There are not, &c.— Has there none been observed returning to give glory to God, except this stranger? Heylin. Wynne, instead of the word stranger, renders it alien, αλλογενης,— an alien to the commonwealth of Israel: for as Jesus was now in Samaria, this man could not properly be called a stranger. read more
11-13. through the midst of Samaria and Galilee—probably on the confines of both. read more
12. stood afar off—(Compare Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 13:46). read more
13. they lifted up—their common misery drawing these poor outcasts together ( :-), nay, making them forget the fierce national antipathy of Jew and Samaritan [TRENCH]. Jesus, &c.—(Compare Matthew 20:30-33). How quick a teacher is felt misery, even though as here the teaching may be soon forgotten! read more
14. show yourselves—as cleansed persons. (See on :-.) Thus too would the Samaritan be taught that "salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). as they went, were cleansed—In how many different ways were our Lord's cures wrought, and this different from all the rest. read more
17, 18. Were there not ten cleansed—rather, were not the ten cleansed? that is, the whole of them—an example (by the way) of Christ's omniscience [BENGEL]. read more
18. this stranger—"this alien" (literally, "of another race"). The language is that of wonder and admiration, as is expressly said of another exhibition of Gentile faith ( :-). read more
19. Arise—for he had "fallen down on his face at His feet" ( :-) and there lain prostrate. faith made thee whole—not as the others, merely in body, but in that higher spiritual sense with which His constant language has so familiarized us. :-. COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF THE SON OF MAN. read more
H. Jesus’ warning about disciples’ actions and attitudes 17:1-19Jesus had been teaching the disciples about avoiding what men esteemed highly but which God viewed as detestable, namely, the pursuit of money (Luke 16:15). By pursuing money hypocritically the Pharisees had turned many of their fellow Jews away from Jesus (Luke 11:52). Jesus now warned the disciples about the possibility of their own improper actions and attitudes. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 17:17
Luke 17:17. But where are the nine?— The ingratitude of these Jews will appear monstrous, if we consider that the leprosy, the malady from which they were delivered, is itself one of the most loathsome diseases incident to human nature; and a disease which by the law of Moses subjected them to greater hardships than any other distemper whatever. But though the cure of this dreadful disorderwas produced without the smallest pain, or even trouble to the lepers, and so speedily that it was... read more