Luke Chapter 17, Verse 16
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16: και επεσεν επι προσωπον παρα τους ποδας αυτου ευχαριστων αυτω και αυτος ην σαμαρειτης
16: And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and
he was a Samaritan.
16: And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks. And this
was a Samaritan.
He was a Samaritan. See "Mt 10:5".
This rendered his conduct more remarkable and striking in the sight of the Jews. They considered the Samaritans as peculiarly wicked, and themselves as peculiarly holy. This example showed them, like the parable of the good Samaritan, that in this they were mistaken; and one design of this seems to have been to break down the opposition between the Jews and Samaritans, and to bring the former to more charitable judgments respecting the latter.
- {m} "Samaritan"
