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AndΚαὶlook,ἰδοὺa certainτιςexpert in the lawνομικόςstood upἀνέστηto testἐκπειράζωνhim,αὐτὸνsaying,λέγων“Teacher,Διδάσκαλεwhatτίmust I doποιήσαςto inheritκληρονομήσωeternalαἰώνιονlife?”ζωὴν
Luke 10:25
Study it in the app“And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?””
Jesus tells of the Samaritan to answer who my neighbor isLove
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:25, word by word
- expert in the lawνομικόςnomikos
lawyer
A scholar of Moses' law who teaches it.
Where else “nomikos” appears- stood upἀνέστηanestē
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anestē” appears- to testἐκπειράζωνekpeirazōn
test, tempt
Test, put to the test; tempt God by demanding that he prove something.
Where else “ekpeirazōn” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “TeacherΔιδάσκαλεDidaskale
teacher
Teacher, one who teaches.
Where else “Didaskale” appears- must I doποιήσαςpoiēsas
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsas” appears- to inheritκληρονομήσωklēronomēsō
inherit
Inherit, receive as an inheritance; receive what God has promised.
Where else “klēronomēsō” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The greatest commandment
Luke 10 may be a different occasion.
See them side by side
Luke 10:25-28
25And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” 27And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
34But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in the same place. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him: 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.”
28And one of the scribes came up, having heard them debating, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is first of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32And the scribe said to him, “Well said, Teacher; in truth you have said that he is one and there is no other besides him; 33and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.
The context
24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
25 · This verse (above)
26And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)