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Selected Verse: Luke 10:36 - Strong Concordance

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Lu 10:36 Strong Concordance Which [5101] now [3767] of these [5130] three [5140], thinkest [1380] thou [4671], was [1096] neighbour [4139] unto him that fell [1706] among [1519] the thieves [3027]?
  King James Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Which . . . was neighbour?--a most dexterous way of putting the question: (1) Turning the question from, "Whom am I to love as my neighbour?" to "Who is the man that shows that love?" (2) Compelling the lawyer to give a reply very different from what he would like--not only condemning his own nation, but those of them who should be the most exemplary. (3) Making him commend one of a deeply hated race. And he does it, but it is almost extorted. For he does not answer, "The Samaritan"--that would have sounded heterodox, heretical--but "He that showed mercy on him." It comes to the same thing, no doubt, but the circumlocution is significant.
 
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1 And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] Nathan [05416] unto David [01732]. And he came [0935] unto him, and said [0559] unto him, There were two [08147] men [0582] in one [0259] city [05892]; the one [0259] rich [06223], and the other [0259] poor [07326].
2 The rich [06223] man had exceeding [03966] many [07235] flocks [06629] and herds [01241]:
3 But the poor [07326] man had nothing, save one [0259] little [06996] ewe lamb [03535], which he had bought [07069] and nourished up [02421]: and it grew up [01431] together [03162] with him, and with his children [01121]; it did eat [0398] of his own meat [06595], and drank [08354] of his own cup [03563], and lay [07901] in his bosom [02436], and was unto him as a daughter [01323].
4 And there came [0935] a traveller [01982] unto the rich [06223] man [0376], and he spared [02550] to take [03947] of his own flock [06629] and of his own herd [01241], to dress [06213] for the wayfaring man [0732] that was come [0935] unto him; but took [03947] the poor [07326] man's [0376] lamb [03535], and dressed [06213] it for the man [0376] that was come [0935] to him.
5 And David's [01732] anger [0639] was greatly [03966] kindled [02734] against the man [0376]; and he said [0559] to Nathan [05416], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], the man [0376] that hath done [06213] this thing shall surely [01121] die [04194]:
6 And he shall restore [07999] the lamb [03535] fourfold [0706], because [06118] he did [06213] this thing [01697], and because [0834] he had no pity [02550].
7 And Nathan [05416] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art the man [0376]. Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478], and I delivered [05337] thee out of the hand [03027] of Saul [07586];