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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

正好有一個祭司，從那條路下來，看見他，就從旁邊走過去了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
偶 然 有 一 个 祭 司 从 这 条 路 下 来 ， 看 见 他 就 从 那 边 过 去 了 。

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?" ²⁶ Jesus said, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" ²⁷ The man answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind." Also, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." ²⁸ Jesus said to him, "Your answer is right. Do this and you will live." ²⁹ But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" ³⁰ Jesus answered, "As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, some robbers attacked him. They tore off his clothes, beat him, and left him lying there, almost dead. ³¹ It happened that a priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. ³² Next, a Levite came there, and after he went over and looked at the man, he walked by on the other side of the road. ³³ Then a Samaritan traveling down the road came to where the hurt man was. When he saw the man, he felt very sorry for him. ³⁴ The Samaritan went to him, poured olive oil and wine on his wounds, and bandaged them. Then he put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he cared for him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by: Ruth 2:3, *marg. 2 Samuel 1:6, Ecclesiastes 9:11

priest: Jeremiah 5:31, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 6:9, Malachi 1:10

he passed: Job 6:14-21, Psalms 38:10, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 142:4, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 24:12, James 2:13-16, 1 John 3:16-18

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:1 - hide thyself 1 Samuel 6:9 - a chance Mark 11:13 - haply

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
Those who lived in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. All the families grew and became different nations, each nation with its own land and its own language.

Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

Acts 17:26
God began by making one person, and from him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way,.... Who had been at Jerusalem, to take his turn in the courses, and was now returning to Jericho, where the stationary men were, to which he belonged: for it is said t, that

"the former prophets appointed twenty and four courses; and for every course there was a station at Jerusalem, of priests, and of Levites, and of Israelites; and when the time of the course came to go up, the priests and Levites went up to Jerusalem. The Rabbins teach, that there were twenty four courses in the land of Israel, and there were twelve at Jericho.''

And which is elsewhere u related thus;

"the former prophets appointed four and twenty courses, and for every course there was a station at Jerusalem, of priests, of Levites, and of Israelites; the tradition is, that four and twenty thousand were the station from Jerusalem, and half a station from Jericho; though Jericho was able to furnish out a perfect station itself; but for the sake of dividing the glory to Jerusalem, it produced but half a station.''

So that it is no wonder to hear of priests and Levites passing to and fro in this road. Nor was this a chance matter with respect to God, by whose providence all things are ordered, directed, and governed; nor any wonderful thing with respect to men, which fell out in an uncommon way, beyond expectation; the phrase only signifies, that so it came to pass:

and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side: when he saw him naked, and in such a bloody condition, he might take him for one really dead, and therefore crossed the way on purpose, lest he should any ways touch him, and be defiled by him, and so break the law, and incur the penalty of it, mentioned in Numbers 19:16 or to shun so horrible a sight; or rather, through hardness of heart, and want of compassion.

t T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 27. 1. u T. Hieros. Pesachim, fol. 30. 3. & Taanith, fol. 67. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By chance - Accidentally, or as it happened. It means that he did not do it with a “design” to aid the man that was wounded.

A certain priest - It is said that not less than 12,000 priests and Levites dwelt at Jericho; and as their business was at Jerusalem, of course there would be many of them constantly traveling on that road.

When he saw him - He saw him lie, but came not near him.

Passed by on the other side - On the farther side of the way. Did not turn out of his course even to come and see him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 10:31. And by chance — κατα συγκυριαν properly means the coincidence of time and circumstance. At the time in which the poor Jew was half dead, through the wounds which he had received, a priest came where he was. So the priest's coming while the man was in that state is the coincidence marked out by the original words.

Verses Luke 10:31-32. Priest and Levite are mentioned here, partly because they were the most frequent travellers on this road, and partly to show that these were the persons who, from the nature of their office, were most obliged to perform works of mercy; and from whom a person in distress had a right to expect immediate succour and comfort; and their inhuman conduct here was a flat breach of the law, Deuteronomy 22:1-4.