Let's Study the Parables - 1 - The Good Samaritan

[NotWorthy]

I agree with you, however, you are speaking about 2 different things. What you are speaking about is about a people, called the Samaritans, the parable is about A Samaritan someone who does a good deed.

Words in the bible at least some of them have a double meaning.

And it is showing those hard-headed Jews that when Jesus says, “Love they Neighbor”, thy neighbor includes are Samaritans. In the Deuteronomic Covenant, the Jews were only obliged to love faithful Jews.

As cheeto1 pointed out, Jesus turned this idea on its head and showed that the Samaritans (and all Gentiles) are certainly included in the “I must love these people” list.

 

[NotWorthy]

Nobody here discussed the significance of Samaria.

Samaria is the capital of the Northern Kingdom, the 10 tribes of Israel.

The capital of the Southern Kingdom (Judah, Bejamin) is Jerusalem, where the Jews reside.

Jesus always mention something about this place… “The samaritan woman at the well”, “The good samaritan”, “The samaritan woman who said something about the crumbs given to the dogs”…

We all know that Jews regard the lost 10 tribes of Israel to be a people who had lost their identity since Assyria has invaded its land, a society which was polluted by pagan rituals. Jews regard them as dogs. They think that they are the only righteous people of God…

If someone will think along these lines…they will be able to connect it to the primary meaning of the parable of the Prodigal son.

…eventually, we will be able to connect this to the Acts of the Apostle, especially Stephen’s speech before his death.

The message will become clearer.

The Samaritans present the greatest dislike of the Jews, for they are brothers who have lost their way.

In the same way that Civil Wars are often the bloodiest (or blood-feuds), the Jews felt that the Samaritans abandoned their Jewish faith, which offended them the most.

 

[Shai22]

Nobody here discussed the significance of Samaria.

Samaria is the capital of the Northern Kingdom, the 10 tribes of Israel.

The capital of the Southern Kingdom (Judah, Bejamin) is Jerusalem, where the Jews reside.

We all know that Jews regard the lost 10 tribes of Israel to be a people who had lost their identity since Assyria has invaded its land, a society which was polluted by pagan rituals. Jews regard them as dogs. They think that they are the only righteous people of God…

The message will become clearer.

There are a lot of religions who believe they are the only righteous people of GOD.

You aren’t very clear so I’m asking for clarity. Are you saying that the Jews think the 10 tribes are dogs or the Assyrians’ are dogs?

 

[NotWorthy]

There are a lot of religions who believe they are the only righteous people of GOD.

You aren’t very clear so I’m asking for clarity. Are you saying that the Jews think the 10 tribes are dogs or the Assyrians’ are dogs?

The Jews thought that the Samaritans were dogs.

Some Jews probably felt that was an insult to all dogs, as well.

 

[NotWorthy]

Nobody here discussed the significance of Samaria.

Samaria is the capital of the Northern Kingdom, the 10 tribes of Israel.

I’m not sure if this is accurate, after further thought. Samaria is the capital of what was left of some of the 10 tribes who then intermingled their blood with the peoples of 5 other countries who were conquered by Assyria and relocated to the Northern Kingdom.

What then became of the Samaritan “religion” is but a shadow of the Jewish religion, as the way I see it. They were blood-kin in a remote way to the Jews, but they had “lost their kinship” when they intermingled with the Gentile captives, in the eyes of the Jews.

 

[Shai22]

I’m not sure if this is accurate, after further thought. Samaria is the capital of what was left of some of the 10 tribes who then intermingled their blood with the peoples of 5 other countries who were conquered by Assyria and relocated to the Northern Kingdom.

What then became of the Samaritan “religion” is but a shadow of the Jewish religion, as the way I see it. They were blood-kin in a remote way to the Jews, but they had “lost their kinship” when they intermingled with the Gentile captives, in the eyes of the Jews.

You are speaking about Orthodox Jews,and this has changed, in recent years. More and More Orthodox Jews are accepting the lost 10 tribes that were exiled and scattered.

Many Jews in those days, married what GOD considered as foreigners, in fact they still marry outside their faith today.

There is even scripture that says the Hebrews sent their foreign wives away, because it’s against GOD to marry them. I would give you scripture but I forgot exactly where it was.

Regarding samaritan “religion” being a shadow, to some jews their own faith is a shadow, because they continue to practice ‘pagan ways’

 

[NotWorthy]

You are speaking about Orthodox Jews,and this has changed, in recent years. More and More Orthodox Jews are accepting the lost 10 tribes that were exiled and scattered.

Many Jews in those days, married what GOD considered as foreigners, in fact they still marry outside their faith today.

I don’t see where any of this addresses the point. I don’t disagree with this.

There is even scripture that says the Hebrews sent their foreign wives away, because it’s against GOD to marry them. I would give you scripture but I forgot exactly where it was.

Yes, in Ezra and/or Nehemiah. But those are the exiles that returned to Jerusalem from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. They are the ancestors of Judea in the time of Jesus. Meanwhilre, Samaria is made up of the remnants of the other 10 tribes and the people of 5 other countries that inter-married and lost all “Jewishness”. They still looked to the Torah, but dis-regarded the rest of OT Scripture (like the Sadducees did). But they didn’t have Temple worship in Jerusalem. They’d reverted to a kind of worship in Mount Gerazim (?), but it wasn’t Judaism.

Regarding samaritan “religion” being a shadow, to some jews their own faith is a shadow, because they continue to practice ‘pagan ways’

Ok. Again, that’s irrelevant to this point. The point of all this is:
The Jews in Jesus’ time felt the Samaritans were as low as dogs because they had allowed their heritage of “First Sonship of God” to be watered down by generations of marrying among Gentiles. They didn’t feel that these Samaritans should be allowed into the coming Kingdom that Jesus preached of.

Jesus, however, had a different opinion!

 

[Lew_Neeb]

I still wonder why this parable is named the Good Samaritan by the Evangelist. Does not Jesus say - on a similar occasion - No one is good, but God alone?

Peace,
Angelos N.B.

 

[Lew_Neeb]

Peace Be with You !

Please read Psalms 14 from where the quote is take from about “there is none righteous”
In romans paul uses the the psalm to let the Jews know that everyone is subject to original sin, even jews !!.. If you read the psalm it says that those people who do evil are eating up my people… saying that there ARE some who are rightous ! There are those who do what Christ asks us to do and are filled with the tru Spirit !!

Blessings to you and yours