Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Luke 10:26 What is written? The Lord calls on the lawyer to state his own understanding of the law.
Luke 10:25-29 The parable of the Good Samaritan, as well as that of the Prodigal Son and Lazarus and Dives, are given only by Luke. A certain lawyer. One versed in the Jewish law, a theologian, a scribe, and possibly a rabbi. Tempted him. Put him to trial. What shall I do to inherit eternal life? He probably had noted that Jesus was calling sinners to repentance, but he fancied that he belonged to another class, and hence asks, "What shall I do"?
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Luke 10:26:
Matthew 22:34
Luke 10:25-29
Luke 10:26
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