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Butδὲhe,Ὁwantingθέλωνto declareδικαιῶσαιhimselfἑαυτὸνrighteous,δικαιῶσαιsaidεἶπενtoπρὸςJesus,τὸν Ἰησοῦν“AndΚαὶwhoτίςisἐστίνmy neighbor?”μου πλησίον
Luke 10:29
Study it in the app“But he, wanting to declare himself righteous, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?””
Jesus tells of the Samaritan to answer who my neighbor isLove
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:29, word by word
- wantingθέλωνthelōn
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelōn” appears- to declareδικαιῶσαιdikaiōsai
justify
To show that someone is in the right.
Where else “dikaiōsai” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- my neighborπλησίονplēsion
neighbor
The other person, whom you must love as yourself.
Where else “plēsion” appears
The context
28And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
29 · This verse (above)
30And Jesus replied and said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among bandits, who also stripped him and laid blows on him and went away, leaving him half dead.
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)