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1 | Who is my neighbor? | Luke 10:29 | DocTrinsograce | 242048 | ||
Hi, 00123... We have the answer as given by the Lawyer: And he [the lawyer] said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." (Luke 10:37a) Christ affirmed that answer: Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." (Luke 10:37b) A neighbor is one who is in need of mercy, care, and comfort. His neighbor is one who lovingly provides what is needed. (cf Ezekiel 34:4; Isaiah 61:1) In Him, Doc |
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2 | Who is my neighbor? | Luke 10:29 | 00123 | 242050 | ||
Is Jesus saying that the lawyer of v. 29 is the same as the man who fell among the robbers on the way to Jericho? | ||||||
3 | Who is my neighbor? | Luke 10:29 | DocTrinsograce | 242051 | ||
Hi, 00123... No, Jesus is answering the lawyer's question. Our neighbor is the one we providentially encounter in need and we are his neighbor who have the means of meeting that need. Robert Jammieson, the commentator writes, "Who did this as never man did it, as our Brother Man, 'our Neighbor?' The priests and Levites had not strengthened the diseased, nor bound up the broken (Ezekiel 34:4), while He bound up the brokenhearted (Isaiah 61:1), and poured into all wounded spirits the balm of sweetest consolation. Exclaims Gregory Nazianzen (in the fourth century), 'He hungered, but He fed thousands; He was weary, but He is the Rest of the weary; He is saluted "Samaritan" and "Demoniac," but He saves him that went down from Jerusalem and fell among thieves, etc.'" What a blessed example he leaves of showing mercy to one's neighbor, teaching the Lawyer to rightly understand Leviticus 19, but also giving us a clear picture of how our Savior serves. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Who is my neighbor? | Luke 10:29 | 00123 | 242052 | ||
The lawyer's question: Who is a neighbor (A) to me (B)? Jesus responded: Who is a neighbor (C) to the man (D) who fell among the robbers? But you say A is D, which is weird. |
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5 | Who is my neighbor? | Luke 10:29 | DocTrinsograce | 242053 | ||
Hi, 00123... Well, just to be on the safe side, I spent the last hour checking the commentaries of the following scholars: John Gill, Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes, James H. Childress, James Burton Coffman, Thomas Constable, David Guzik, Paul E. Kretzmann, Arthur Peake, Joseph Sutcliffe, William Burkitt, G. Campbell Morgan, Charles Box, and Henry Allen Ironsides. That is about as diverse a bunch as one my bring together. Nonetheless, they have one thing in common: they answered your question just as I have done, but with greater perspicuity. As poor and faulty as is my understanding, perhaps my weird answer puts me, at least, in good company. :-) If you find a Bible scholar with another alternative, identify him/her, and share us the answer. In Him, Doc |
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