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NASB | Luke 10:30 Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 10:30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, who stripped him of his clothes [and belongings], beat him, and went their way [unconcerned], leaving him half dead. |
Subject: Why identify the cities and not the man? |
Bible Note: Although one could call this speculation, I hope you maight consider looking at the story on the Good Samaritan (Luke 10)in a different light. In my time with the Lord I was reading 1 Cor 13 - on love. Without (L)love we are but a clanging cymbal . . . God is Love and "(L)love never fails"; therefore without GOD, all our attempts to please God or affect self-rescue will fail. This led me to see the parable of the Good Samaritan in a new light. Too often we just view this story as how we are to relate to others, but I suspect that there is much more that God would have us consider here! Consider this: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." Luke 10:25-27 v 29 Who is My neighbor? (I have purposely altered the text here.) God is Love. God is in perfect community with Himself and expresses this Love outward. . . . For God so loved the world . . . we love because He first loved us . . .Which causes us to reread the greatest commandment as such: Love the Lord with all Thy heart (as manifest in the Trinity). . .and Thy neighbor as Thyself. . . WE are God's neighbor. We are in Jerusalem; we are in community with God. Man's fall is captured in the decision to travel from His presence to Jericho. And the two robbers are Satan and Sin - they leave us for dead. We are not rescued by religion or works (the priest or the Levite) - we are rescued by Jesus - the Samaritan; the rejected One. (Interesting that we often refer to this as the story of the Good Samaritan, yet we fail to remember that only God is Good!) Earlier this week God prompted me to ponder the response of the "wounded man." Imo, Jesus does not tell us how the man responded because we have "free-will." And this is the point: we are to ask, "Who is my Neighbor?" - My Neighbor is the One who shows mercy. Amazing Grace! mommapbs |