Luke 10:34

Luke 10:34

32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain ^aSamaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had ^bcompassion.

34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two ^adenarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’

36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, ^a“Go and do likewise.”

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Bound up his wounds (katedhsen ta traumata). First aorist active indicative of katadew, old verb, but here only in the N.T. The verb means "bound down." We say "bind up." Medical detail that interested Luke. The word for "wounds" (traumata) here only in the N.T.

Pouring on them oil and wine (epixewn elaion kai oinon). Old verb again, but here only in the N.T. Oil and wine were household remedies even for wounds (soothing oil, antiseptic alcohol). Hippocrates prescribed for ulcers: "Bind with soft wool, and sprinkle with wine and oil."

Set him (epibibasav). An old verb epibibazw (epi, bibazw), to cause to mount. In the N.T. only here and Acts 19:35; Acts 23:24, common in LXX.

Beast (kthnov). Old word from ktaomai, to acquire, and so property (kthma) especially cattle or any beast of burden.

An inn (pandoxeion). The old Attic form was pandokeion (from pan, all, and dexomai, to receive). A public place for receiving all comers and a more pretentious caravanserai than a kataluma like that in Luke 2:7. Here only in the N.T. There are ruins of two inns about halfway between Bethany and Jericho.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 10:34:**

Mark 6:13
Luke 19:35
Acts 23:24
1 Corinthians 15:39
1 Timothy 3:5

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