Luke Chapter 10, Verse 34
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34: και προσελθων κατεδησεν τα τραυματα αυτου επιχεων ελαιον και οινον επιβιβασας δε αυτον επι το ιδιον κτηνος ηγαγεν αυτον εις πανδοχειον και επεμεληθη αυτου
34: And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and
wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
34: And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and
wine: and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took
care of him.
Pouring in oil and wine. These were often used in medicine to heal
wounds. Probably they were mingled together, and had a highly sanative
quality. How strikingly is his conduct contrasted with the priest and
Levite! and how particularly as well as beautifully by this does Jesus
show what we ought to do to those who are in circumstances of need! He
does not merely say in general that he showed him kindness, but he
told how it was done. He stopped -- came where he was -- pitied him --
bound up his wounds -- set him on his own beast -- conducted him to a
tavern -- passed the night with him, and then secured the kind attendances
of the landlord, promising him to pay him for his trouble -- and all
this without desiring or expecting any reward. If this had been by a Jew,
it would have been signal kindness; if it had been by a Gentile, it
would also have been great kindness; but it was by a Samaritan -- a
man of a nation most hateful to the Jews, and therefore it most strikingly
shows what we are to do to friends and foes when they are in distress.
