Luke 17:16

16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man 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 Jesus saw them and said, "Go. Show yourselves to the priests." While they were on the way, they were healed.

15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back. He praised God in a loud voice.

16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, "Weren't all ten healed? Where are the other nine?

18 Didn't anyone else return and give praise to God except this outsider?"