Friday – Good Sam
10:25-37 contains one of the greatest stories of Jesus: the story of the good Samaritan. Can I share with you some details often overlooked in the story?
• Vs27 was the answer usually given by the Jews.
• Jewish teachers usually applied ‘neighbor’ to mean “fellow Israelite”
• Many people did not have extra clothes, thus a valuable item to steal.
• The priest would become unclean if he touched a corpse.
• Pharisees’ believed in your shadow touching a corpse made you unclean.
• Jesus’ illustration would offend Jewish listeners, striking at the heart of their patriotism, which they thought was religiously justified.
• Oil was used to heal and wine was used to disinfect.
• The question was, “Who is my neighbor?”
The answer was, “Who was a neighbor?”

How about you? Look around right now and see who needs help. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”