The Good Samaritan
DO WE LOOK AND PASS BY ON TO THE OTHER SIDE?A crowd had gathered to listen to Jesus as He taught. A man who was a law professor, one skilled in religious dogmas of Jesus own tradition, a kind of "Ph.D." in rabbinical studies, stood up to ask a question. The crowd was no doubt, stunned to silence, for it seemed that a real confrontation had begun. A crowd likes a confrontation. Jesus, the barefooted son of a carpenter, on the one side and this Rabbinical expert, with his scholar's shawl draped over his shoulder, on the other. The question is asked. vs.25. (Discuss & read through vs. 28) He pressed further vs. 29. He wouldn't give away the identity of the man's We don't need to know any of that. Why do we need footnotes of him? Jesus left all that information out! A certain man .. Could have been anyone on this Jericho road. The journey was 17 dangerous miles through lonely rocky, rough desert. And it's still 17 lonely miles. Robbers & muggers were known to attack travelers. They stripped him. 1. We cannot identify him by his clothes
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Children Madame, PASS Luke, Didn't Jesus, Grace Compassion, Paul Rom, Praise God, Where Jesus, Oh I'm, jericho road, Maybe Samaritan, can't tell, II Cor, contact person, left care, trying understand, exempt ourselves, left die, don't deserve, passed samaritan, beaten robbed,
Approximate Word count = 1458
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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