Luca 17:16

16 e si gettò ai suoi piedi con la faccia a terra, ringraziandolo; e questo era un 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 E, vedutili, egli disse loro: Andate a mostrarvi a’ sacerdoti. E avvenne che, mentre andavano, furon mondati.

15 E uno di loro, vedendo che era guarito, tornò indietro, glorificando Iddio ad alta voce;

16 e si gettò ai suoi piedi con la faccia a terra, ringraziandolo; e questo era un Samaritano.

17 Gesù, rispondendo, disse: I dieci non sono stati tutti mondati? E i nove altri dove sono?

18 Non si è trovato alcuno che sia tornato per dar gloria a Dio fuor che questo straniero?