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The lawyer asked," Who is my neighbor?"
Luke 10:30 Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἰερειχὼ καὶ λῃσταῖς περιέπεσεν, οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες ἀπῆλθον ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ.
KJV Verse:Luke 10:30 A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luke 10:30 A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A man, a somebody, went down from Jerusalem toward Jericho and fell in with thieves. These, even stripping him, and laid blows upon [him]. They went away leaving [him] half dead.
Lost In Translation:This verse is beginning of a parable (the Good Samaritan) that appears only in Luke. This initial verse uses no less than three words that Jesus uses nowhere else and two words that are uncommon for him to use. The name "Jericho" and the word translated as "fell among" and, very poorly as "was attacked," which means "fell in with," and the word translated as "stripped." The English translation as "raiment" and "clothes" to the "stripped" but they aren't in the Greek sources and seem unnecessary. This ""stripped" is a participle not an active verb.
The Greek word translated as "certain" in the KJV and left out of the NIV, is a word that means "anybody" or "somebody." Jesus uses it to emphasize in a humorous way someone's importance. The sense is "a man, a somebody."
The words translated as "wounded" in the KJV and "beat" are two unusual words meaning "laying blows upon." This verb and "
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