"But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him" (Luke 10:33).
We can know as we make our journey in life that Jesus can come to our aid. The "certain" Samaritan is a type of Jesus Christ. The Samaritans were part Israelite and part Gentile. In Old Testament times the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and other places and repopulated Samaria (see 2 Kings 17:24). But not all of the original Samaritans left the area and those who stayed behind intermarried with these outsiders, so the Samaritans became a mixture.
Jesus was also of mixed lineage in a unique way. His father was God the Father and His mother was Mary. He inherited mortality from His mother and immortality from His Father. The Jews despised the Samaritans and Jesus "came unto his own, and his own received him not" (John 1:11).
The Samaritan in the parable comes right to the place where the man lay and had compassion on him. The Greek word for compassion (splagchnizomai) means to be torn in the gut. Indeed, His bowels are filled with mercy (see Alma 7:12).
PERSONAL APPLICATION: I never have to be alone.
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