Luke 17:16

16 And he fell on [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him. And he was a Samaritan.

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 And [when he] saw [them] he said to them, "Go [and] show yourselves to the priests." And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.

15 But one of them, [when he] saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.

16 And he fell on [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him. And he was a Samaritan.

17 So Jesus answered [and] said, "Were not ten cleansed? And where [are] the nine?

18 Was no one found to turn back [and] give praise to God except this foreigner?"