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Selected Verse: Luke 10:36 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
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]? |
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King James |
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
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. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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, Sa2 12:1-7. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Was neighbor (πλησίον γεγονέναι)
More correctly, has become neighbor. Jesus throws himself back to the time of the story. So Rev., proved neighbor. "The neighbor Jews became strangers. The stranger Samaritan became neighbor to the wounded traveller" (Alford). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Which of these was the neighbour to him that fell among the robbers - Which acted the part of a neighbour? |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Which - was neighbor - Which fulfilled the duty which one neighbor owes to another? |
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];