Essay On The Parable Of The Good Samaritan
A once great and numerous people that has since then died out. These people would be the
Samaritans, a group of people that lived during the time of the Old Testament. They were both
Jewish and not Jewish and had a very unique religion, which caused them to be hated by the
Jews. The Samaritans were also used in one of Jesus’ parables along with the Jews to teach a lesson on who is your neighbor and how you should love and be kind to them. When thinking of the Samaritans it is hard to not also think of the Jews; the two groups were often talked about together, mostly about their apposition to each other.
Before information can be given on the Samaritans, their backstory of how they came to be must be told. The kingdom of Israel …show more content…
On one instance, when the Jews came back to
Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, the Samaritans offered to help rebuild, but this offer was scornfully rejected by the Jews.
Now understanding the tension between the Jews and Samaritans it is clear why Jesus chose these two groups for the Parable of the Good Samaritan. In this story there is a man, he was
Jewish, who was walking on a road to Jericho from Jerusalem. All of a sudden he was attacked by robbers, who stripped him of his clothes, beat him, and left him there to die. Now there was a priest going down this same road, however when he saw the man lying there he crossed the road and continued on his way. Later a Levite was going down the road, but once he saw the man he too crossed the road and continued on his way. Finally there was a Samaritan man traveling down the road. When he saw the man lying there to die he took pity on him and bandaged his wounds. The Samaritan put the wounded man on his donkey, took him to an inn, and took care of him. He left money for the man to be taken care of and planned to even come back to
Samaritans, a group of people that lived during the time of the Old Testament. They were both
Jewish and not Jewish and had a very unique religion, which caused them to be hated by the
Jews. The Samaritans were also used in one of Jesus’ parables along with the Jews to teach a lesson on who is your neighbor and how you should love and be kind to them. When thinking of the Samaritans it is hard to not also think of the Jews; the two groups were often talked about together, mostly about their apposition to each other.
Before information can be given on the Samaritans, their backstory of how they came to be must be told. The kingdom of Israel …show more content…
On one instance, when the Jews came back to
Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, the Samaritans offered to help rebuild, but this offer was scornfully rejected by the Jews.
Now understanding the tension between the Jews and Samaritans it is clear why Jesus chose these two groups for the Parable of the Good Samaritan. In this story there is a man, he was
Jewish, who was walking on a road to Jericho from Jerusalem. All of a sudden he was attacked by robbers, who stripped him of his clothes, beat him, and left him there to die. Now there was a priest going down this same road, however when he saw the man lying there he crossed the road and continued on his way. Later a Levite was going down the road, but once he saw the man he too crossed the road and continued on his way. Finally there was a Samaritan man traveling down the road. When he saw the man lying there to die he took pity on him and bandaged his wounds. The Samaritan put the wounded man on his donkey, took him to an inn, and took care of him. He left money for the man to be taken care of and planned to even come back to