Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him." — Luke 10:34 (ASV)
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Oil and wine—two very good things for external application, and he used them for that. Wondrous healers these were known to be.
They were expensive things too. He had brought them for his own comfort, and he freely used them for this poor man. Then he set him on his own beast, so he had to walk himself. He took the inconvenience. He relinquished his own comfort for the sake of doing good.
And he brought him to an inn and took care of him. Perhaps he sat up at night with him. He took care of him after he had brought him into the inn. He did not immediately commend him to the care of some paid person, but at first he himself took care of him. But this good Samaritan had urgent business and was obliged to attend to it.