Comments On The Samaritan Parable
(Walvoord, John F., and Zuck, Roy B.,)
Comments on the Samaritan Parable
The Samaritan
forfeits anonymity when he stays overnight and then says he would return. This
is an acceptance of the potential threat of blood vengeance. The
wounded man has no money. When it is time for him to leave, if he
cannot pay the debt he can be arrested, Matthew 18:23-35. The Samaritan
knows
this and volunteers money (two danarri is two days wages) and whatever
else is
needed to see to the needs of this unidentified man. Additionally, the
Samaritan had no way of insuring the return of his money. Therefore, it is safe
to assume he did not expect it to be returned. Jesus was like the
Samaritan. He was willing to touch the unclean. He was willing to
go to the lost, the outcast, and the needy. And, like the Samaritan,
Jesus was an outcast in the eyes of the Lawyers, Priests, Scribes, Pharisees,
andSaducees. Jesus refuses to define who a neighbor is. Instead He asks a
question proving something greater than the exact answer anticipated. Being a
neighbor to someone is not limited to family relations or proximity. It is
showing the love of God to all who are in need, who ever they may be, where
ever they may be. The Samaritans were so hated by the
Jews that perhaps this lawyer did not want to comment a Samaritan and instead
said, "the one who showed mercy toward him. The discussion began with a
question: what must I do inherit
eternal life. The conclusion is answered with what must be done. If we are to
do this, we will quickly find that we are incapable of completing so perfect a
love. Since the law requires perfectobedience, the doing of this lesson would
be something most difficult for the lawyer.
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