LUKE 10:33 Parallel Verse View

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10:33 The Judeans and the Samaritans despised each other and disagreed on many vital issues.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled along, came upon him, and having seen him, he felt compassion.

UST Then a man from the region of Samaria came along that road to where the man was lying. When he saw that man, he pitied him.

BLB But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and having seen him was moved with compassion,

AICNT But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and seeing [him],[fn] he had compassion.

10:33, him: Some manuscripts include. A(02) C(04) W(032) Latin(a ff²) BYZ TR ‖ Absent from 𝔓45 𝔓75 ℵ(01) B(03) D(05) Latin(b i) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT.

OEB But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.

WEBBE But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

LSV But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

FBV Finally a Samaritan man came along. As he passed by, he saw the man and felt sorry for him.

TCNT But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came to where the man was, and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.

T4T Then a man from Samaria province came along that road to where the man was lying. People from Samaria despise Jews. But when he saw that man, he pitied him.

LEB But a certain Samaritan who was traveling came up to him and, when he[fn] saw him,[fn] had compassion.

10:33 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

10:33 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,

Moff However a Samaritan traveller came to where he was and felt pity when he saw him;

Wymth But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came where he lay, and seeing him was moved with pity.

ASV But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

DRA But a certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near him; and seeing him, was moved with compassion.

YLT 'But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

Drby But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing [him], was moved with compassion,

RV But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

SLT And a certain Samaritan, traveling, came to him: and having seen him, felt compassion.

Wbstr But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came were he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him ,

KJB-1769 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

KJB-1611 But a certaine Samaritane as he iourneyed, came where he was; and when hee saw him, hee had compassion on him,
(But a certain Samaritane as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,)

Bshps But a certayne Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came vnto hym, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
(But a certain Samaritane, as he journeyed, came unto him, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.)

Gnva Then a certaine Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came neere vnto him, and when he sawe him, he had compassion on him,
(Then a certain Samaritane, as he journeyed, came near unto him, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, )

Cvdl But a Samaritane was goynge his iourney, and came that waye, and whan he sawe him, he had compassion vpon him,
(But a Samaritane was going his journey, and came that way, and when he saw him, he had compassion upon him,)

TNT Then a certayne Samaritane as he iornyed came nye vnto him and when he sawe him had compassion on him
(Then a certain Samaritane as he iornyed came nigh/near unto him and when he saw him had compassion on him )

Wycl But a Samaritan, goynge the weie, cam bisidis hym; and he siy hym, and hadde reuthe on hym;
(But a Samaritan, going the way, came besides him; and he saw him, and had pity on him;)

Luth Ein Samariter aber reisete und kam dahin; und da er ihn sah, jammerte ihn sein,
(A Samariter but travelled and came gone; and there he him/it saw, moaned him/it be,)

ClVg Samaritanus autem quidam iter faciens, venit secus eum: et videns eum, misericordia motus est.[fn]
(Samaritanus however some way/path making, he_came otherwise/wrongly him: and seeing him, mercy movement it_is. )

10.33 Misericordia motus. Hoc de sacerdote et Levita non est dictum, quia lex non habet misericordiam, sed judicium et vindictam.

10.33 Mercy movement. This from/about priest and Levita not/no it_is said, because the_law not/no has mercy, but judgement and vengeance/revenge.

UGNT Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατ’ αὐτὸν, καὶ ἰδὼν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη
(Samareitaʸs de tis hodeuōn aʸlthen kat’ auton, kai idōn esplagⱪnisthaʸ)

SBL-GNT Σαμαρίτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατʼ αὐτὸν καὶ ⸀ἰδὼν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,
(Samaritaʸs de tis hodeuōn aʸlthen katʼ auton kai ⸀idōn esplagⱪnisthaʸ,)

RP-GNT Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατ' αὐτόν, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,
(Samareitaʸs de tis hodeuōn aʸlthen kat' auton, kai idōn auton esplagⱪnisthaʸ,)

TC-GNT [fn]Σαμαρείτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθε κατ᾽ αὐτόν, καὶ ἰδὼν [fn]αὐτὸν ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,
(Samareitaʸs de tis hodeuōn aʸlthe kat auton, kai idōn auton esplagⱪnisthaʸ, )

10:33 σαμαρειτης ¦ σαμαριτης NA SBL

10:33 αυτον ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:25–37: Jesus told a story to show us who our neighbors are

One day as Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he stopped to teach people. An expert in the Jewish law was there and asked him a question. The expert asked what he should do to obtain eternal life. He and Jesus discussed this question and agreed that a person must love God and love his neighbor. Then the expert asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered him with a story that was a parable.

In the story robbers attacked a man and left him bleeding on a road. Two Jewish religious leaders passed the man without helping him. Then a man from the province of Samaria came and helped the man. People from Samaria were called Samaritans. The Jews despised Samaritans, so Jesus’ story surprised the Jews.

The person who treated the injured man with love, as a neighbor should, was a Samaritan. The Jewish religious leaders did not show love to the man. Most Jews considered only their fellow Jews to be their neighbors, but by this parable Jesus taught that all human beings are neighbors. We must love every other human being.

Some other possible section headings are:

The parable about the good foreigner

Who is my neighbor?

The Good Samaritan

Luke is the only gospel writer who includes this parable.

Paragraph 10:30–35

Jesus told the story in this paragraph in order to teach people what the Law meant by the command to love our neighbors. Most scholars think that this story probably did not really happen. If you must distinguish in your language between events that actually happened and fictional stories, you can indicate that it is a fictional story.

10:33a

But when a Samaritan on a journey

But finally, a Samaritan was traveling on that same road.
But then there was a stranger/foreigner from Samaria, who was traveling on the same road.

10:33b

came upon him,

When he came to the place where the man was lying
He also arrived at the place where the wounded man was.

10:33a–b

But: In this verse there is a change in the story. Something different happened. The BSB indicates this change with the conjunction But. Consider how you would naturally indicate such a change in a story in your language.

a Samaritan: The word Samaritan refers to a man from the district of Samaria. The Samaritans were the descendants of Jews who had married foreigners. They did not worship God in Jerusalem as the Jews did, and the Jews considered the Samaritans to be foreigners.

It may be helpful to include some of this implied information in the text or in a footnote. A suggested footnote is:

The Samaritans were the descendants of Jews who had married foreigners. They did not worship God in Jerusalem as the Jews did. The Jews hated the Samaritans and did not believe that the Samaritans were God’s people.

The Samaritan is the most significant of the three characters who saw the wounded man. In Greek, the word Samaritan occurs in an emphatic position in the sentence. Consider in what way a storyteller in your language might introduce such a person.

on a journey: The Samaritan was on a journey on the same road. The phrase on a journey fits the situation of the Samaritan who was far from his home.

10:33c

he looked at him and had compassion.

and saw him, he greatly pitied him.
But when he saw the injured man, he felt very sorry for him.

he…had compassion: The Greek word that the BSB translates as he…had compassion means “he felt very sorry for the man.” It refers to the Samaritan’s feeling of compassion. The same Greek word occurs in 7:13. Other ways to translate this clause are:

he felt very sorry for him (NCV)

his heart was filled with pity (GNT)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

Σαμαρείτης δέ τις

˓a˒_Samaritan (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Σαμαρείτης Δέ τὶς ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατʼ αὐτόν καί ἰδών ἐσπλαγχνίσθη)

This expression introduces a new character in the parable. Alternate translation: [But there was also a Samartian who]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Σαμαρείτης δέ τις

˓a˒_Samaritan (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Σαμαρείτης Δέ τὶς ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατʼ αὐτόν καί ἰδών ἐσπλαγχνίσθη)

Jesus assumes that his listeners will know that Jews and Samaritans were bitter enemies. This detail is important to the story. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [But there was a Samaritan, whose people were enemies of the Jews, who]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

Σαμαρείτης δέ τις

˓a˒_Samaritan (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Σαμαρείτης Δέ τὶς ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατʼ αὐτόν καί ἰδών ἐσπλαγχνίσθη)

Since Jews and Samaritans were enemies, the listeners would have assumed that this Samaritan would not help an injured Jewish man. Since he did help him, Jesus introduces this character with a contrasting word that calls attention to this unexpected result. you could do the same in your translation.

ἐσπλαγχνίσθη

˱he˲_˓was˒_feeling_compassion

Alternate translation: [he felt sorry for him and wanted to help him]

Parallel LUKE 10:33

Section 10:25–37: Jesus told a story to show us who our neighbors are

Paragraph 10:30–35

10:33a

10:33b

10:33a–b

10:33c