A certain Samaritan (Σαμαρειτης δε τις). Of all men in the world to do a neighbourly act!

As he journeyed …

A certain Samaritan. The Samaritans were the most inveterate foes of the Jews. They had no dealings with each other. (See Barnes on Matthe…

A certain Samaritan.—For the main facts connected with the Samaritans and their relation to the Jews, see Note on Luke 9:52. There…

And passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him and wen…

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

“Took pity” (GK 5072) implies a deep feeling of sympathy, a striking response that stands in contrast not only to the attitude of the priest and th…

But a certain Samaritan
By whom Christ may be meant; not that he was really so, for he was a Jew, a son of Abraham, …

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…