And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
And Jesus answering said, A certain man - a Jew, as the story shows.
Went down from Jerusalem to Jericho - a distance of 18 miles northeast, a deep and very fertile hollow, and, as Trench says, the Tempe of Judea.
And fell among thieves, х leestais (G3027)] - rather 'robbers.' The road, being rocky and desolate, was a notorious haunt of robbers, then and for ages after, and is even to this day.
Which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.