Luca 17:16

16 E si gettò sopra la sua faccia ai piedi di Gesù, ringraziandolo. Or colui era Samaritano.

Luca 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.

Luca 17:16 In-Context

14 Ed egli, vedutili, disse loro: Andate, mostratevi a’ sacerdoti. Ed avvenne, che come essi andavano, furon mondati.

15 Ed un di loro, veggendo ch’era guarito, ritornò, glorificando Iddio ad alta voce.

16 E si gettò sopra la sua faccia ai piedi di Gesù, ringraziandolo. Or colui era Samaritano.

17 E Gesù prese a dire: I dieci non son eglino stati nettati? e dove sono i nove?

18 Ei non se n’è trovato alcuno, che sia ritornato per dar gloria a Dio, se non questo straniero?