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Whichτίςof theseτούτων τῶνthreeτριῶνseemsδοκεῖto youσοιto have becomeγεγονέναιa neighborπλησίονto the one who fellτοῦ ἐμπεσόντοςamongεἰςthe bandits?”τοὺς λῃστάς
Luke 10:36
Study it in the app“Which of these three seems to you to have become a neighbor to the one who fell among the bandits?””
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 10:36, word by word
- threeτριῶνtriōn
three
Three.
Where else “triōn” appears- seemsδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- to have becomeγεγονέναιgegonenai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonenai” appears- a neighborπλησίονplēsion
neighbor
The other person, whom you must love as yourself.
Where else “plēsion” appears- to the one who fellἐμπεσόντοςempesontos
fall into
Fall into, fall among.
Where else “empesontos” appears- the banditsλῃστάςlēistas
bandit
Bandit, robber; also armed rebel.
Where else “lēistas” appears
The context
35And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
36 · This verse (above)
37And he said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go, and you do likewise.”
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)