Luca 10:28

28 Ed egli gli disse: Tu hai dirittamente risposto; fa’ ciò, e viverai.

Luca 10:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:28

And he said unto him, thou hast answered right
It is so written, and read; and this, as if he should say, is the sum and substance of the law, and what that requires men should do; wherefore,

do this, and thou shalt live;
for the bare reading of it was not sufficient; though these men placed great confidence in reading this passage, or in reciting their phylacteries, of which this was a part, morning and night. Our Lord intimates by this, that, according to the tenor of the law, eternal life was not to be had without a complete and perfect performance of the duties of love to God, and to the neighbour, contained in these words; and this he suggests, in order to convict him of the impossibility of obtaining life by the works of the law, since such a performance cannot be made by man.

Luca 10:28 In-Context

26 Ed egli gli disse: Nella legge che è egli scritto? come leggi?

27 E colui, rispondendo, disse: Ama il Signore Iddio tuo con tutto il tuo cuore, e con tutta l’anima tua, e con tutta la forza tua, e con tutta la mente tua; e il tuo prossimo come te stesso.

28 Ed egli gli disse: Tu hai dirittamente risposto; fa’ ciò, e viverai.

29 Ed egli, volendo giustificarsi, disse a Gesù: E chi è mio prossimo?

30 E Gesù, replicando, disse: Un uomo scendeva di Gerusalemme in Gerico, e si abbattè in ladroni; i quali, spogliatolo, ed anche dategli di molte ferite, se ne andarono, lasciandolo mezzo morto.