Luke 10:31 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

We have here Christ's discourse with a lawyer about some points of conscience, which we are all concerned to be rightly informed in and are so here from Christ though the questions were proposed with no good intention. I. We are concerned to know what that good is which we should do in this life, in order to our attaining eternal life. A question to this purport was proposed to our Saviour by a certain lawyer, or scribe, only with a design to try him, not with a desire to be instructed by him,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 10:25-37

10:25-37 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 law? How do you read?" He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and your neighbour as yourself." "Your answer is correct," said Jesus. But he, wishing to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbour?" Jesus... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:31

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ,.... Who had been at Jerusalem, to take his turn in the courses, and was now returning to Jericho, where the stationary men were, to which he belonged: for it is said F20 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 27. 1. , that "the former prophets appointed twenty and four courses; and for every course there was a station at Jerusalem, of priests, and of Levites, and of Israelites; and when the time of the course came to go up, the priests and... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 10:31

There came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Both the priest and Levite were frequent travellers along this road between the capital and Jericho. Jericho was especially a city of priests, and when the allotted service or residence time at the temple was over, these would return naturally to their own homes. It has been remarked that the grave censure which this story levels at the everyday want of charity on the part of priests and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:31

By chance - Accidentally, or as it happened. It means that he did not do it with a “design” to aid the man that was wounded.A certain priest - It is said that not less than 12,000 priests and Levites dwelt at Jericho; and as their business was at Jerusalem, of course there would be many of them constantly traveling on that road.When he saw him - He saw him lie, but came not near him.Passed by on the other side - On the farther side of the way. Did not turn out of his course even to come and see... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 10:25-37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:31

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-42

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 10:31

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