The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-07-13
THE GOOD
SAMARITAN
Sunday School Lesson for July Is. 1906
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

LESSON TEXT.-Luke 1O:25-S7. Mem
DRY verses 80, "a.
/ GOLDEN TEXT.-"Blessed are the
meiciful for they shall obtain mercy
Matt. al.
TIME-A. d. 20. few weeks after the
last lesson.
PLACE.-In Peri beyond Jordan. The
scene OF the parable was on the road be-
tween Jerusaiem and Jericho.
| SCRIPTURE hEFEhENCES.-W orks
| or love ana mercy as "A characterization
! or the kingdom OF heaven. EnJoined in
the Old Testament, c. g.: PROV. ZIS; lisa.
Go.o-e; Jer I:o-i; hos. 90; Mic 90.
| 1augnt in the NeW Testament by christ.
Aat,. 5lb; Az, Il; zz:o9; zo:zS; 2o;Sl-4o;
Luxe lO:5o-So, etc. ~ me apostles:
Cor. I5.oo; cor. 5:l-lo, Epn. Z:lV; Iness.
z.4a; 1IIIl. O:I'-I5; lIl. 90, Ia IleO. 4V,-O,
"a, Io:Io, jas. 4:4l-zvi o.4,, rec. -.IA.
! Lone Al lne name oI Chf.sI: Malt O.rv,
40, I'nlI Al; Co. o.Ii. CIIrIsl own eN-
i.ahpIe: AI...t. II.4-Oi L4uAv 1.A'-@l, joan
49,, : CO.. o.S, &C.
comment aHu suggestive 1hou9ht.
his purpose "a u u.scuss.O-i. niS I..4-
p.4Os I44tC JoSuo ma5 sOIle 44o~Se,
pc AspS uIsCU Ollie On LAIs veg saD-
yeCt "a eIefnaI 4i.o, aud te.IH,ed
Ain" I.d,neI, tes,eI or LlIed n44.i s.s
! ~ ais ledC4IInss, whether Lney were
! Wise aha 5OOu, ana aGLOrueu WItn, Or
G-uerenC nom the teachings oL the
! SerIDes. tle Ies,eu nIM W SOlne VI LAo
COnCroyerteu 4uestiols VI me day.
saying, Mastef, OF leaCner-equIYd-
ieAL " raDuI OF rdODOnL. jesus was
an acknowledged teacher, as the law
yer Was. ~ nat snan / 40 10 Inherit
elernaI Iite?' how can / as CnIld
VI GOd inherit from my heavenly
amer, ana So have POSSESSION o.,
eternal me! Eternal uIe cannot De
earned nor bought, out OnIy inherited.
v. 10. Tie saIu unto nIm. Jesus
did not himseII quote the command
nIents, as Ia the case OF lne rlcn young
ruier (LdKe Is: lo-zUJ, bat as it Was
the business or TINS scribe 10 know the
scriptures, ana as ne acknowledged
their authority and taught them, he
relerred the question BACK to HIM
What is written IN the law?" He
thus avoided all carping criticism.
V. ~. And he answering said"
quoting Deut. 6:5, ana Lev 1918. 1t
was probably well-known summary.
V. ZS. Thou hast answered right"
For he had taken, not tradition, but
the Scriptures for his authority.
hence, his answer agreed with the
teachings of Jesus.
V. %. The Jewish scribe willing,
i. e., desiring, to justify himself, be-
cause he was not SO sure that he lived
up TO the standard, and possessed this
! love which was eternal life. said
unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour"
! The lawyer apparently thought that by
certain limitations as to who were
meant by his neighbors, Jews spelled
large" he might still feel some assur-
ance that he was possessed of eternal
life.
V. 80 "a certain man went twas
| going) down from Jerusalem to Jer-
! icho." The road was a path-for
there was no such road as is familiar
to us-very dangerous, lying much of
! the way in a deep ravine through soft
rocks in which caves and chambers
abounded. 1t is still necessary to have
an escort in passing over that road"
V. 81. "A certain priest" Jericho
was one Of the residences Of the
priests, who took turns at ministering
| in the temple. "He passed by on the
other side" of the ravine, as far as
/ possible from the wounded man.
V. 80. And likewise a Levite." A
Levite was one of the tribe of Levi;
a priest was of the family of Aaron in
that tribe. The Levites performed the
humble services of the temple, as
cleaning. carrying fuel and acting as
choristers.
V. SO. But a certain Samaritan"
! The Samaritans were a mixed race,
descended from commingled ancestry
of Jews and heather at the time of the
captivity.
V. 3. Bound up his wounds" re-
curing personal care and gentleness,
pouring in (rather ION Them" r. W
oil and wine," the usual remedies in
the east, and commended by Greek
and Latin physicians. "Set him on his
own beast" while he himself walked
beside him.
V. 80. "And on the morrow
he took out two pence" (deuariD from
his girdle, worth about 16 cents each,
but the usual pay for a days labor
(.uatt. 20:2), so that it was equivalent
to 81 or 81 in our day. Whatsoever
thou spendest MORE" etc. He did all
he could, consistently with his other
duties.
V. SO. (Which now of these three
f. F.. was (proved, became) neighbor
unto him?" ASK yourself, not whom
you are bound to love and aid, but
whom you would wish to love you and
aid you II you needed 1t, and you will
know who is your neighbor. Mac
laren.
V. 81. GO, and do thou likewise"
Then you will know that you have
eternal life. The question with him
now was no longer one of understand
ing the law, but of obeying it; not,
Who is my neighbor, but, Do | love
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