Luke beloved physician wrote how a certain lawyer asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor? 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 by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side”, and in chapter ten and verse thirty-three of his book Luke shared how Jesus says, “a certain Samaritan … had compassion on him” where we read:
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:
and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
The verse reads, “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:” Luke began with the words, “but a certain Samaritan” or “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover a particular inhabitant of Samaria”, “as he journeyed” which means “as the Samaritan traveled” “came where he was” or “arose and appeared to the location of the man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead”. Luke shared how a particular man from “Samaria” was traveling and approached the place where the man who was robbed was lying.
The verse continues, “and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,” Luke added the words, “and when” which means “and at the time and moment” “he saw him” or “the Samaritan observed, beheld and noticed the man who was robbed”, “he had compassion on him” which means “the Samaritan was moved with pity and sympathy for the man”. Luke shared how the “Samaritan” observed the man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead and had “sympathy and pity” upon him.
When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we learn about a “Samaritan” who was “compassionate” toward the man who was robbed. The implication is that the “priest and Levite” did not have “sympathy and pity” upon him and therefore “passed by” him. God has “compassion” upon every person in the world, and because He does, He sent His Son Jesus to “save” them from their “sinful ways”. Those who yield their lives to Him will receive forgiveness for their sins and inherit everlasting life with God. Afterward they are to look upon others with “sympathy and pity” like this “Samaritan” who was determined to help the injured man.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus says the Samaritan, “bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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