Save this stranger (ε μη ο αλλογενης). The old word was αλλοφυλος (Acts 10:28), but αλλογενης occurs in the LXX, Josep…

Where are the nine? Jesus had commanded them to go to the priest, and they were probably literally obeying the commandment. They …

Save this stranger.—The word for “stranger” means literally, a man of another race, an alien. It is not found el…

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save thi…

St. Ambrose of Milan: After speaking the previous parable, our Lord rebukes the ungrateful.

Jesus’ command required obedience based on some faith in his healing ability (cf. Matthew 12:13; Mark 3:5). On their way to …

There are not found that returned
Or it do not appear, that any have returned:

A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to commit ourselves to the compassions of…