Lucas 17:16

16 Y derribóse sobre el rostro á sus pies, dándole gracias: y éste era Samaritano.

Lucas 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.

Lucas 17:16 In-Context

14 Y como él los vió, les dijo: Id, mostraos á los sacerdotes. Y aconteció, que yendo ellos, fueron limpios.

15 Entonces uno de ellos, como se vió que estaba limpio, volvió, glorificando á Dios á gran voz;

16 Y derribóse sobre el rostro á sus pies, dándole gracias: y éste era Samaritano.

17 Y respondiendo Jesús, dijo: ¿No son diez los que fueron limpios? ¿Y los nueve dónde están?

18 ¿No hubo quien volviese y diese gloria á Dios sino este extranjero?