By chance (κατα συγκυριαν). Here only in the N.T., meaning rather, "by way of coincidence." It is a rare word elsewhere and in lat…

By chance. Accidentally, or as it happened. It means that he did not do it with the intention to help the man who was wounded.

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By chance.—The passage is the only one in the New Testament in which the phrase occurs. Our Lord seems to use it with a touch of w…

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment, and wound…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The lawyer, when praised by our Savior for having answered correctly, erupts in pride, thinking he ha…

Priests served in the temple; their highest duty was to offer sacrifices. Levites assisted in the maintenance of the temple services and order. We …

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ,
&c.] Who had been at Jerusalem, to take his turn in the co…

If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbor w…