Luke 10:31
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
KJV
κατὰ συγκυρίαν δὲ ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἀντιπαρῆλθεν.
Greek NT
Accidit autem ut sacerdos quidam descenderet eadem via : et viso illo præterivit.
Vulgate
And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
ASV
And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
συγκυρία
sugkuria
noun · 1×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀντιπαρέρχομαι
antiparerchomai
verb · 2×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἱερεύς
iereus
noun · 33×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1825Christ died out of love for us, while we were still "enemies."100 The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, to make ourselves the neighbor of those farthest away, and to love children and the poor as Christ himself.101 The Apostle Paul has given an incomparable depiction of charity: "charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogan…
§2822Our Father "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."95 He "is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish."96 His commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."97 This commandment summarizes all the others and expresses his entire will.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 1Sam 6:9 — And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that hap
- Hos 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.
- Jer 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?
- Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
- Prov 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- Ps 38:11 — My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- Ps 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.
- 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.