Luke 17:16

16 and fell on his face at Yeshua's feet to thank him. Now he was from Shomron.

Luke 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 17:16

And he fell down on his face at his feet
For being cleansed, he might draw nigh unto Jesus; and which he did, with the most profound respect unto him, and reverence of him; and having a deep sense of the favour he had received from him, prostrated himself in this manner before him:

giving him thanks;
who had shown compassion to him, had exerted his power on him, and had favoured him with such a singular mercy, as restoring him to health:

and he was a Samaritan;
this is particularly remarked by the evangelist, because the Samaritans were reckoned by the Jews, to be ignorant and irreligious persons, and no better than Heathens; and yet this man behaved as a religious good man, who had a sense of his mercy, knew his duty, and his obligations, and performed them; when the other nine, who very likely were all Jews, acted a very stupid and ungrateful part.

Luke 17:16 In-Context

14 On seeing them, he said, "Go and let the cohanim examine you!" And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, as soon as he noticed that he had been healed, returned shouting praises to God,
16 and fell on his face at Yeshua's feet to thank him. Now he was from Shomron.
17 Yeshua said, "Weren't ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 Was no one found coming back to give glory to God except this foreigner?"
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