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sn Ministry (heal the sick) is to take place where it is well received (note welcome in the preceding verse).
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map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
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map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2.
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sn The enemy is a reference to Satan (mentioned in v. 18).
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sn The expert in religious law picked up on the remark about the neighbor and sought to limit his responsibility for loving. Some believed this obligation would only be required toward the righteous (Sir 12:1-4). The lawyer was trying to see if that was right and thus confidently establish his righteousness (wanting to justify himself).
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sn Here is what made the Samaritan different: He felt compassion for him. In the story, compassion becomes the concrete expression of love. The next verse details explicitly six acts of compassion.
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sn The two silver coins were denarii. A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s pay for a laborer; this would be an amount worth about two days’ pay.
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tn For the meaning “to welcome, to have as a guest” see L&N 34.53.
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