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Andδὲheὁsaid,εἶπεν“The one who showedὉ ποιήσαςmercyτὸ ἔλεοςtoμετ’him.”αὐτοῦAndδὲJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“Go,Πορεύουandκαὶyouσὺdoποίειlikewise.”ὁμοίως
Luke 10:37
Study it in the app“And he said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go, and you do likewise.””
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 10:37, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “The one who showedποιήσαςpoiēsas
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsas” appears- mercyἔλεοςeleos
mercy
Mercy: compassion that acts.
Where else “eleos” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
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 “Iēsous” appears- “GoΠορεύουPoreuou
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “Poreuou” appears- likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs
likewise
In the same way, likewise.
Where else “homoiōs” appears
The context
36Which of these three seems to you to have become a neighbor to the one who fell among the bandits?”
37 · This verse (above)
38Now as they were traveling, he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him.
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)