Luke 10:33
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
American King James Version (AKJV)
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
American Standard Version (ASV)
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,
Webster's Revision
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came were he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
World English Bible
But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
English Revised Version (ERV)
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
Clarke's Luke 10:33 Bible Commentary
Samaritan is mentioned merely to show that he was a person from whom a Jew had no right to expect any help or relief, because of the enmity which subsisted between the two nations.
Barnes's Luke 10:33 Bible Commentary
A certain Samaritan - The Samaritans were the most inveterate foes of the Jews. They had no dealings with each other. See the notes at Matthew 10:5. It was this fact which rendered the conduct of this good man so striking, and which was thus set in strong contrast with the conduct of the priest and the Levite. "They" would not help their own afflicted, and wounded countryman. "He," who could not be expected to aid a Jew, overcame all the usual hostility between the people; saw in the wounded man a neighbor, a brother, one who needed aid; and kindly denied himself to show kindness to the stranger.
Wesley's Luke 10:33 Bible Commentary
10:33 But a certain Samaritan came where he was - It was admirably well judged to represent the distress on the side of the Jew, and the mercy on that of the Samaritan. For the case being thus proposed, self interest would make the very scribe sensible, how amiable such a conduct was, and would lay him open to our Lord's inference. Had it been put the other way, prejudice might more easily have interposed, before the heart could have been affected.