Luke 10:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him,Go, and do thou likewise. ”

• Luke 10:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He that showed mercy - His “Jewish” prejudice would not permit him “to name” the Samaritan, but there was no impropriety, even in his view, in saying that the man who showed so much mercy was rea...

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• Luke 10:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Greatest Commandment ( Mark 12:28-34 *, Matthew 22:34-40 *), and the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk. only). The inquirer puts his question in a different form, but the meaning is the sa...

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• Luke 10:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  on . with. Greek. meta. App-104.

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• Luke 10:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. He that showed mercy - Or, so much mercy. His prejudice would not permit him to name the Samaritan, yet h...

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• Luke 10:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then said Jesus unto him, Go, &c.— What a lively picture have we in this parable, of the most disinterested and active benevolence!—A benevolence, which excludes no person, not even strangers o...

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• Luke 10:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. And he said, He that showed mercy on him. He does not answer, 'The Samaritan'-that would have sou...

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• Luke 10:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Seventy. The Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commiss...

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• Luke 10:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Go, and do thou likewise. — This was the practical, though not the formal, answer to the question of the lawyer. If he acted in the spirit of the Samaritan, he would need no “nicely-calculated less...

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• Luke 10:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Luke 10:25-37 IT would scarcely have accorded with the traditions of human nature had the teachers of religion looked favorably upon Jesus. Stepping, as He did,...

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• Luke 10:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Man Who Loved His Neighbor Luke 10:25-37 This parable was probably suggested by the journey up to Jerusalem. It may be founded on an actual occurrence. Notice how the Master answered the in...

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• Luke 10:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...

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• Luke 10:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? (27) And he...

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• Luke 10:37 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE WORKER AND THE WORK ‘Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do...

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• Luke 10:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he said, he that showed mercy to him ,.... Meaning the Samaritan; which he was obliged to declare, though of another country and religion, and accounted as an enemy; yet the case was so plain, a...

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• Luke 10:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. Ver. 37. Go, and do thou likewise ] Help him that hath need of thee, though he be a stranger; yea, or...

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• Luke 10:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But a certain Samaritan , &c. Soon after this, a Samaritan happened to come that way, and seeing a fellow-creature lying on the road naked and wounded, went up to him; and though he found it was...

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• Luke 10:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36)...

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• Luke 10:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Who Is Our Neighbour.       25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eterna...

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• Luke 10:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 10:30 "

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• Luke 10:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Testing of Jesus And the Parable of the Good Samaritan (10:25-37). We should note that this passage, and the parable it contains, follows directly on the idea of the previous self-revelation o...

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• Luke 10:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 10:25 . A certain lawyer .—One whose business it was to teach the law. It was probably in Judæa that this conversation was held; as we read ( Luke 10:38 ) that Jesus was on H...

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• Luke 10:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan. I. It is clear that the kindness of this man was of the spirit, and not merely of the letter. Here was one main point of difference between him and the priest an...

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• Luke 10:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 10:25-26 . And, behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? Th...

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• Luke 10:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 10:1 . The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two. This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Som...

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• Luke 10:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And who is my neighbour? Self-justification The lawyer said--“Then comes his own particular plea or excuse, to which I intend to pay little or no attention now, it was so completely and triumph...

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• Luke 10:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 10:1-42 The mission of the seventy. The Lord ' s words to them of instruction and direction and warning. Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seve...

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• Luke 10:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The story concluded:

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• Luke 10:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:16-18 ; 1 John 3:23 ; 1 John 3:24 ; 1 John 4:10 ; 1 John 4:11 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; 2 Corinthians 8:9 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; Ephesians 3:19 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Hebrews 2:9-15 ; Hosea 6:6 ;...

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• Luke 10:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Message of the Jericho Road Luke 10:25-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. THE MAN WHO MADE HIS BOAST OF THE LAW A certain lawyer tempted Christ, asking Him what he should do to inherit eternal life...

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• Luke 10:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And he said, He that showed mercy on him — He could not for shame say otherwise, though he thereby condemned himself and overthrew his own false notion of the neighbour to whom our love is due. Go...

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