Luke 10:25-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

The question of the lawyer. The Lord answers with the parable of the good Samaritan. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

The parable of the good Samaritan. The second of the parables peculiar to St. Luke, and one of the loveliest and most suggestive of the matchless pictures of him who "spake as never man spake." Notice— I. ITS OCCASION . Our Lord is in Judaea, not, as we infer from what follows, at a great distance from Bethany. He and his disciples, we may suppose, are resting, when a lawyer— i.e. a person who made the Law both oral and written his study—proposes a question with which, or its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-42

The good Samaritan, and the good part. From the success of the seventy we now pass to the temptation of the Master. The tempter is a lawyer, one who, therefore, professed special acquaintance with the letter and spirit of the Divine Law. He thinks he may find accusation against Jesus by inquiring from him the way of life. His question implies the belief on the lawyer's part that he can win his own way to heaven. But Jesus, when he asks, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:26

He said unto him, What is written in the Law? The Lord replied, perhaps pointing to one of the phylacteries which the lawyer wore on his forehead and wrist. These phylacteries were little leather boxes (the dimensions of these varied from the size of an ordinary hazelnut, to that of a large walnut, and even in some cases much larger). In these leather boxes were little parchment rolls containing certain texts from the Pentateuch. Certainly the first of the two great rules, that concerning ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:27

The love of the neighbor. Fixing, then, on Christ's definition of the sphere of neighborhood, we are called to give a length and a breadth to his rule, which make it equivalent to the assertion, "Your neighbor is, not your blood-relation only, not the circle of your acquaintance only, not your countryman or co-religionist only; but he or she whom you can help in any way whatsoever—the wretched tatterdemalion from the slightest contact with whom you shrink; the besotted and degraded; even... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:25

A certain lawyer - One who professed to be well skilled in the laws of Moses, and whose business it was to explain them.Stood up - Rose - came forward to address him.Tempted him - Feigned a desire to be instructed, but did it to perplex him, or to lead him, if possible, to contradict some of the maxims of the law.Inherit eternal life - Be saved. This was the common inquiry among the Jews. “They” had said that man must keep the commandments - the written and oral law. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:26

What is written ... - Jesus referred him to the “law” as a safe rule, and asked him what was said there. The lawyer was doubtless endeavoring to justify himself by obeying the law. He trusted to his own works. To bring him off from that ground - to make him feel that it was an unsafe foundation, Jesus showed him what the law “required,” and thus showed him that he needed a better righteousness than his own. This is the proper use of the law. By comparing ourselves with “that” we see our own... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:27-28

See this subject explained in the notes at Matthew 22:37-40. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 10:25-28

Luke 10:25-28. And behold, a certain lawyer A doctor of the law; stood up and tempted him Greek, εκπειραζων αυτον , trying him. It seems this lawyer was one of the multitude which attended Jesus when the seventy returned, and having listened to what he said to his disciples in private, concerning their enjoying a happiness which many prophets and kings had desired in vain to obtain, namely, the happiness of seeing his miracles, and of hearing his sermons, thought he would make trial of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

83. Who is my neighbour? (Luke 10:25-37)A Jewish teacher of the law came to Jesus to test him with a question about eternal life. His question showed that he thought of eternal life as something to be obtained by some special act. Jesus’ reply showed that obtaining eternal life is inseparably linked with the way people live their daily lives. If they do not put God before all things and their neighbour before themselves, they can have no assurance of eternal life (Luke 10:25-28).The teacher was... read more

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