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Nowδὲbyκατὰchanceσυγκυρίανa certainτιςpriestἱερεύςwas going downκατέβαινενonἐνthatἐκείνῃroad,τῇ ὁδῷandκαὶwhen he sawἰδὼνhim,αὐτὸνhe passed by on the other side.ἀντιπαρῆλθεν
Luke 10:31
Study it in the app“Now by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
Jesus tells of the Samaritan to answer who my neighbor isLoveA Samaritan stops for the wounded man a priest and a Levite avoidedJustice and mercy
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:31, word by word
- chanceσυγκυρίανsynkyrian
chance
Chance, coincidence; "by chance".
Where else “synkyrian” appears- priestἱερεύςhiereus
priest
Priest: one who offered the sacrifices in the temple.
Where else “hiereus” appears- was going downκατέβαινενkatebainen
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katebainen” appears- roadὁδῷhodōi
road
The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.
Where else “hodōi” appears- when he sawἰδὼνidōn
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idōn” appears- he passed by on the other sideἀντιπαρῆλθενantiparēlthen
pass by opposite
Pass by on the other side.
Where else “antiparēlthen” appears
The context
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.
31 · This verse (above)
32And likewise a Levite also, coming to the place and seeing him, passed by on the other side.
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)