Luke 17:16

Bible in Basic English

And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He fell facedown at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.

King James Version (1611)
And fell downe on his face at his feet, giuing him thanks: and he was a Samaritane.

King James Version
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

English Standard Version
and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

New American Standard Bible
and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.

New Century Version
Then he bowed down at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (And this man was a Samaritan.)

Amplified Bible
and he lay face downward at Jesus' feet, thanking Him [over and over]. He was a Samaritan.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.

Legacy Standard Bible
and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.

Berean Standard Bible
He fell facedown at Jesus' feet in thanksgiving to Him-and he was a Samaritan.

Contemporary English Version
He bowed down at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was from the country of Samaria.

Complete Jewish Bible
and fell on his face at Yeshua's feet to thank him. Now he was from Shomron.

Darby Translation
and fell on [his] face at his feet giving him thanks: and *he* was a Samaritan.

Easy-to-Read Version
He bowed down at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (He was a Samaritan.)

Geneva Bible (1587)
And fell downe on his face at his feete, and gaue him thankes: and he was a Samaritan.

George Lamsa Translation
And he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus, thanking him; and this one was a Samaritan.

Good News Translation
He threw himself to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

Lexham English Bible
And he fell on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him. And he was a Samaritan.

Literal Translation
And he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

American Standard Version
and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

Hebrew Names Version
He fell on his face at his feet, giving him thanks. He was a Shomroni.

International Standard Version
He fell on his face at Jesus'his">[fn] feet and thanked him. Now the manhe">[fn] was a Samaritan.

Etheridge Translation
And he fell upon his face before the feet of Jeshu, and thanked him. And, behold, this was a Shomroya.

Murdock Translation
And he fell on his face, at the feet of Jesus, and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And fell downe on his face at his feete, and gaue hym thankes: And the same was a Samaritane.

English Revised Version
and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

World English Bible
He fell on his face at his feet, giving him thanks. He was a Samaritan.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

Weymouth's New Testament
and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he fel doun on the face bifore hise feet, and dide thankyngis; and this was a Samaritan.

Update Bible Version
and he fell on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

New English Translation
He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.)

New King James Version
and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

New Living Translation
He fell to the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.

New Life Bible
He got down on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked Him. He was from the country of Samaria.

New Revised Standard
He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and fell prostrate at his feet, giving him thanks; and, he, was a Samaritan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks. And this was a Samaritan.

Revised Standard Version
and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and fell doune on his face at his fete and gave him thankes. And the same was a Samaritane.

Young's Literal Translation
and he fell upon [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes. And the same was a Samaritane.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then prostrating himself at the feet of Jesus, he gave him thanks. now this man was a Samaritan.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He then got down on one knee in front of Jesus and thanked him for what he'd done. This man wasn't even Jewish, he was a half-breed Samaritan.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance, ¹³ Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. ¹⁴ And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean. ¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; ¹⁶ And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. ¹⁷ And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine? ¹⁸ Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land? ¹⁹ And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fell: Luke 5:8, Genesis 17:3, Matthew 2:11, Mark 5:33, John 5:23, Acts 10:25, Acts 10:26, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:14, Revelation 19:4, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:10

and he: Luke 9:52-56, Luke 10:32-35, John 4:9, John 4:21, John 4:22, John 4:39-42, John 8:48, Acts 1:8, Acts 8:5-25

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:12 - a thanksgiving Leviticus 14:3 - be healed Ruth 2:10 - seeing Daniel 2:46 - fell Matthew 9:18 - worshipped Matthew 26:39 - and fell Mark 7:25 - at Mark 14:35 - and fell Luke 4:7 - worship me Luke 5:12 - fell Luke 8:41 - and he fell Luke 8:47 - she declared Luke 10:33 - Samaritan John 4:30 - General John 11:32 - she fell Colossians 3:15 - and be

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

Genesis 17:6
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

Genesis 17:10
And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

Genesis 17:14
And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Genesis 17:26
Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

Genesis 24:60
And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

Isaiah 49:23
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

Romans 9:9
For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he fell down on his face at his feet,.... For being cleansed, he might draw nigh unto Jesus; and which he did, with the most profound respect unto him, and reverence of him; and having a deep sense of the favour he had received from him, prostrated himself in this manner before him:

giving him thanks; who had shown compassion to him, had exerted his power on him, and had favoured him with such a singular mercy, as restoring him to health:

and he was a Samaritan; this is particularly remarked by the evangelist, because the Samaritans were reckoned by the Jews, to be ignorant and irreligious persons, and no better than Heathens; and yet this man behaved as a religious good man, who had a sense of his mercy, knew his duty, and his obligations, and performed them; when the other nine, who very likely were all Jews, acted a very stupid and ungrateful part.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One of them ... - This man, sensible of the power of God and grateful for his mercies, returned to express his gratitude to God for his goodness. Instead of obeying “at once” the “letter” of the command, he “first” expressed his thanks to God and to his Great Benefactor. There is no evidence, however, that he did not, “after” he had given thanks to God, and had poured out his joy at the feet of Jesus, go to the priest as he was directed; indeed, he could not have been restored to society without doing it; but he “first” poured out his thanks to God, and gave him praise for his wonderful recovery. The first duty of sinners, after they have been forgiven and have the hope of eternal life, is to prostrate themselves at the feet of their Great Benefactor, and to consecrate themselves to his service. “Then” let them go and show to others the evidence that they are cleansed. Let them go and mingle, like a restored leper, with their families and friends, and show by the purity and holiness of their lives how great is the mercy that has cleansed them.

He was a Samaritan - See the notes at Matthew 10:5. This rendered his conduct more remarkable and striking in the sight of the Jews. “They” considered the Samaritans as especially wicked, and “themselves” as especially 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:16. He was a Samaritan. — One who professed a very corrupt religion; and from whom much less was to be expected than from the other nine, who probably were Jews.