And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him - a further aggravation.
And passed by on the other side. If we suppose this priest and Levite to have been returning from their temple duties at Jerusalem, as Trench say, it would show that whatever else they had learnt there, they had not learnt what that meaneth, "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice."