Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Through the midst of Samaria and Galilee (dia meson Samariav kai Galilaiav). This is the only instance in the N.T. of dia with the accusative in the local sense of "through." Xenophon and Plato use dia mesou (genitive). Jesus was going from Ephraim (John 11:54) north through the midst of Samaria and Galilee so as to cross over the Jordan near Bethshean and join the Galilean caravan down through Perea to Jerusalem. The Samaritans did not object to people going north away from Jerusalem, but did not like to see them going south towards the city (Luke 9:51-56).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 17:11:
Matthew 19:1
Mark 10:1
Luke 9:51
Luke 17:14
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