Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. New Living Translation “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by. English Standard Version Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. Berean Standard Bible Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Berean Literal Bible Now by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and having seen him, he passed by on the opposite side. King James Bible And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. New King James Version Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. New American Standard Bible And by coincidence a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. NASB 1995 “And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. NASB 1977 “And by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Legacy Standard Bible And a priest happened to be going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Amplified Bible Now by coincidence a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Christian Standard Bible A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Holman Christian Standard Bible A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. American Standard Version And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Contemporary English Version A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. English Revised Version And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. GOD'S WORD® Translation "By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went around him and continued on his way. Good News Translation It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by on the other side. International Standard Version By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went by on the other side. Majority Standard Bible Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. NET Bible Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. New Heart English Bible By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Webster's Bible Translation And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Weymouth New Testament Now a priest happened to be going down that way, and on seeing him passed by on the other side. World English Bible By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; Berean Literal Bible Now by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and having seen him, he passed by on the opposite side. Young's Literal Translation 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; Smith's Literal Translation And by accident a certain priest went down in that way: and having seen him, went on the opposite side. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by. New American Bible A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. New Revised Standard Version Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd it chanced a priest was going down that road; and he saw him and passed on. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And it happened a certain priest was going down that road and he saw him and passed by.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd by chance a certain priest went down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament And it so fell out, that a certain priest went down that way, and seeing him, he kept the opposite side of the road. Mace New Testament a certain priest happen'd to be travelling that way, who look'd upon him, and then pass'd on. Weymouth New Testament Now a priest happened to be going down that way, and on seeing him passed by on the other side. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Good Samaritan…30Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.… Cross References Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 12:7 If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. James 2:13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Isaiah 1:11-17 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. Zechariah 7:9-10 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 23:4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Romans 13:8-10 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Galatians 5:14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Treasury of Scripture And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. by. Ruth 2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 2 Samuel 1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. priest. Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. he passed. Job 6:14-21 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty… Psalm 38:10,11 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me… Psalm 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Jump to Previous Chance Opposite Passed Priest Road Side WayJump to Next Chance Opposite Passed Priest Road Side WayLuke 10 1. Jesus sends out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach;13. pronounces a woe against certain cities. 17. The seventy return with joy; 18. he shows them wherein to rejoice, 21. and thanks his Father for his grace; 23. magnifies the happy estate of his church; 25. teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life, 30. and tells the parable of the good Samaritan; 38. reprimands Martha, and commends Mary her sister. Now by chance The phrase "by chance" in the Greek is "κατὰ συγκυρίαν" (kata sugkurian), which implies a seemingly random occurrence. In the context of divine providence, this phrase can be seen as highlighting the unexpected nature of the encounter. It suggests that while the meeting appears coincidental, it is within God's sovereign plan. This serves as a reminder that God orchestrates events in our lives, often using what seems random to fulfill His purposes. a priest was going down the same road but when he saw him he passed by on the other side There came down.--Better, as before, there was going down. A certain priest.--Jericho was at this time a priestly city, and so the journey of the priest from Jerusalem, as if returning from his week of sacerdotal offices there, has a touch of vivid naturalness. He, too, like the questioner, had been doing his duty to God, according to his measure of that duty. Passed by on the other side.--The priest shrank, it might be, (1) from the trouble and peril of meddling with a man whom robbers had just attacked, and (2) from the fear of incurring a ceremonial defilement by coming into contact with what might possibly be a corpse before he reached it. He accordingly "passed by on the other side," not of the road only, but of the ravine through which the road passed. Verse 31. - There came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Both the priest and Levite were frequent travellers along this road between the capital and Jericho. Jericho was especially a city of priests, and when the allotted service or residence time at the temple was over, these would return naturally to their own homes. It has been remarked that the grave censure which this story levels at the everyday want of charity on the part of priests and Levites, fills up what would otherwise have been a blank in the Master's many-sided teaching. Nowhere else in the gospel narrative do we find our Lord taking up the attitude of censor of the priestly and Levitical orders. We have little difficulty in discovering reasons for this apparently strange reticence. They were still the official guardians and ministers of his Father's house. In his public teaching, as a rule, he would refrain from touching these or their hollow, pretentious lives. Once, and once only, in this one parable did he dwell - but even here with no severe denunciations, as in the case of scribes and Pharisees - on the shortcomings of the priestly caste. The bitter woe was fast coming on these degenerate children of Aaron. In less than half a century, that house, the glory and the joy of Israel, would be utterly destroyed, net to be raised again. No woe that the Christ could pronounce could be as crushing in its pitiless condemnation. The very reason for the existence of priest and Levite as priest and Levite would exist no longer. The selfish life of the doomed order, in which holiness seemed effectually to have been divorced from charity, is portrayed in the lifelike picture of the parable of the good Samaritan.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Nowδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. by Κατὰ (Kata) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). chance συγκυρίαν (synkyrian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 4795: A coincidence, accident, chance. From a comparative of sun and kureo; concurrence, i.e. Accident. a τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. priest ἱερεύς (hiereus) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2409: A priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.). From hieros; a priest. was going down κατέβαινεν (katebainen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. the same ἐκείνῃ (ekeinē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. road, ὁδῷ (hodō) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. but καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. when he saw ἰδὼν (idōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. him, αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. he passed by on the other side. ἀντιπαρῆλθεν (antiparēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 492: To pass opposite, on the opposite side of the road. From anti and parerchomai; to go along opposite. 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