Luca 10:36

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Care dintr'aceşti trei ţi se pare că a dat dovadă că este aproapele celui ce căzuse între tîlhari?``

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thinkest: Luke 7:42, Matthew 17:25, Matthew 21:28-31, Matthew 22:42

was: Luke 10:29

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 30:11 - gave him Mark 12:31 - Thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which now of these three,.... The priest, the Levite, and the Samaritan,

thinkest thou, was neighbour to him that fell among the thieves? the priest and Levite that passed by, and took no notice of him, and gave him no relief, neither by words nor actions; or the Samaritan, that did all the above kind and generous things to him?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was neighbour - Showed the kindness of a neighbor, or evinced the proper feelings of a neighbor. The lawyer had asked him who was his neighbor? Jesus in this beautiful narrative showed him who and what a neighbor was, and he did this in a way that disarmed his prejudice, deeply affected him in regard to his own duty, and evinced the beauty of religion. Had he “at first” told him that a Samaritan might be a neighbor to a Jew and deserve his kindness, he would have been at once revolted at it; but when, by a beautiful and affecting narrative, he brought the “man himself” to see that it might be, he was constrained to admit it. Here we see the beauty of a parable and its use. It disarmed prejudice, fixed the attention, took the mind gently yet irresistibly, and prevented the possibility of cavil or objection. Compare, also, the address of Nathan to David, 2 Samuel 12:1-7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. Which - was neighbour — Which fulfilled the duty which one neighbour owes to another?