- The Bible says "a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho..." Jerusalem is on a hill so he would literally have to go down the hill to get to Jericho. Just something I found interesting.
- The Bible says that the robbers stripped the man. Probably to make sure that they got every bit of moola the guy had on him.
- A priest would be like a pastor. The first person who should have helped the man.
- A Levite would have been like a deacon or elder or whatever. The second person who should have helped him.
- The Samaritans were probably the last people who would have helped the Jews. Jews and Samaritans didn't get along too well.(That's the understatement of the year.) In fact Jews would go all the way around Samaria and vice versa.
- The Samaritan sacrificed personal comfort to help the man by giving him his donkey to ride while he walked.
- The Samaritan took care of the man even after he left. The Samaritan was willing to pay for all the man's expenses.
Try looking at stories that you think that you know everything about. You might be surprised and find something new or something that you never noticed before.
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So true Scott, this happens so very often to me as I study the WORD, I guess that explains why the Bible is referred to as the living word...
the Samaritan actually used is own resources to sustain the man. he used oil, prob was planning on selling it; cloth, he wrapped his wounds (torn from other garments?); and he even paid AND offer to make up the difference if that wasn't enough.
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