The Good Samaritan Summary of events of the

The Good Samaritan

Summary of events of the story The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. . Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Although Samaritans and Jews despised each other, the Samaritan helps the injured man The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler

How the writer appeals to his audience The author is clearly writing for gentile Christians and has Greek influence, this is evidence in Luke's dedication of the gospel to a person with Greek name – Theophilius

• How the story reflects the context of the time The story of the good samaratin is good reflection of the context of time. The type of people in the time peroid were very selfish and didnt believe in helping struggling or different people. The good samritine was a disiple of jesus and was the only man willing to help a man at need.

• How the story challenges the cultural codes at the time The culture of people in this time peroid either live a very lavash life and the poor people were fround upon by these people. The story is a very unquie and challenges the people from that time peroid. For person to help a person in need was not a common act of kindness and was nearly fround upon. The poor and diseased people were looked down on and didn’t receive any respect.

• How can the message be appreciated in our modern world? In our modern soicty man peope are judged of there visual perspective and what there living envirnment. we can learn from this bible passage is that we should help others even though they may be from a different back ground or culture