Luke 10:25–37
[25] Et ecce quīdam lēgisperītus
surrēxit tentāns illum, et dīcēns: Magister, quid faciendō
vītam aeternam possidēbō?
And behold: a certain expert in the law
stood up, testing him (Jesus) and saying: “Teacher, what must I
do to have eternal life? [literally: by doing what, shall I possess
…?]”
faciendō: gerund
https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/gerund
[26] At ille dīxit ad eum: In lēge quid scrīptum est?
quōmodo legis?
And he said to him: “What is written in the Law?
How do you read it?”
[27] Ille respondēns dīxit: Dīligēs Dominum Deum
tuum ex tōtō corde tuō, et ex tōtā animā tuā, et ex
omnibus virtūtibus tuīs, et ex omnī mente tuā: et proximum tuum sīcut
tēipsum.
Replying, he said: “You will love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with
all your strength, and with all your mind: and your neighbour as
yourself.”
[28] Dīxitque illī: Rēctē respondistī: hoc
fac, et vīvēs.
And he said to him: “You have answered
correctly: do this and you will live.”
[29] Ille autem volēns iūstificāre sēipsum, dīxit
ad Iēsum: Et quis est meus proximus?
But wanting to justify himself, he said
to Jesus: “And who is my neighbour?”
[30] Suscipiēns autem Iēsūs, dīxit:
Homō quīdam dēscendēbat ab Ierusālem in
Ierīchō, et incīdit in latrōnēs, quī etiam dēspoliāvērunt eum: et [i] plāgīs
impositīs abiērunt [ii] sēmivīvō relictō.
But Jesus, replying [literally: taking up (the
question)], said: "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,
and fell among robbers, who also stripped him: [i] after they had beaten him,
they departed [ii] having left / abandoned him half alive.”
Ierīchō [f.]; indeclinable
Ierūsalem / Hierūsalēm [n.];
indeclinable
Ablative absolute:
[i] plāgīs impositīs: with blows having been
inflicted
[ii] sēmivīvō relictō: with him having been left
half alive
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[31] Accidit autem ut sacerdōs quīdam dēscenderet
eādem viā: et vīsō illō praeterīvit.
“It happened that a certain priest was
going down the same road, and when he saw him, he passed
by.”
accidit ut + subjunctive: it happened that ….
The line could be rephrased as: A priest happened to be
going down …
03.10.26: Level 3+ (review); impersonal verbs [8] introducing
clauses with ut + subjunctive; cōnstat + accusative-infinitive
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/04/031026-level-3-review-impersonal-verbs_13.html
[32] Similiter et Lēvīta, cum esset secus locum,
et vidēret eum, pertrānsiit.
“And similarly, a Levite, when he was beside
the place and saw him, passed by.”
secus (+ accusative): alongside, beside, along, by, near(by)
[33] Samarītānus autem quīdam iter faciēns, vēnit secus
eum: et vidēns eum, misericordiā mōtus est.
“But a certain Samaritan, while
travelling, came beside him: and seeing him, was moved by
pity.”
Lines 31-32: establish a pattern of behaviour, referring to
two religious roles i.e. two individuals who, despite the Law referred to in
l27, do not respond appropriately.
Line 33 sharply contrasts the behaviour of the priest and the
Levite with that of the Samaritan, the latter assisting the man despite
hostility between the Samaritans and the Jews.
However, all three lines are connected in the structure of the
language.
(1) references to seeing the man but expressed in three
different ways:
l31: visō illō [ablative absolute]
l32: cum … videret eum [imperfect subjunctive;
cum-clause of circumstance]
l33: et vidēns eum [present active participle]
(2) references to disregarding the man; the same idea is
expressed twice but in slightly different ways:
praeterīvit / pertrānsiit
Both are the perfect tense of prefixed forms of īre,
one of which is contracted (pertrānsiit) and the other is not (praeterīvit).
Likewise, the aural similarity of praeter- and per-
emphasises that neither the priest nor the Levite even stopped.
(3) the repetition of secus in lines 32 and 33
contrasts the responses: the Levite was alongside the man and passed by him,
whereas the Samaritan was alongside the man and came to his aid.
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[34] Et appropiāns alligāvit vulnera
eius, īnfundēns oleum et vīnum: et impōnēns illum in iūmentum
suum, dūxit in stabulum, et cūram eius ēgit.
“And approaching (him) he bandaged his
wounds, pouring on oil and wine: and placing him on his own
donkey, he led him to an inn, and took care of him.”
iūmentum, -ī [2/n]: (here) a draft animal i.e. one that is
used for pulling carts or wagons e.g. a mule
[35] Et alterā diē prōtulit duōs dēnāriōs, et dedit
stabulāriō, et ait: Cūram illīus habē: et quodcumque superērogāverīs,
ego cum redierō reddam tibi.
“And on the next day he took out two denarii
and gave (them) to the innkeeper, and said: ‘Look after him: and whatever extra expense you may
have [literally: whatever you may have spent more], I shall, when
I return, give back.’”
quodcumque: whatever
02.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [14] -cumque [i]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/021225-level-3-indefinites-14-cumque-i.html
[36] Quis hōrum trium vidētur tibi proximus fuisse
illī, quī incīdit in latrōnēs?
“Which of these three seems to you to have
been a neighbour to the one / man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
fuisse: perfect active infinitive
12.01.26: Level 3; indirect statement; the
accusative-infinitive [9]; the perfect active infinitive [i]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/11/120126-level-3-indirect-statement.html
[37] At ille dīxit: Quī fēcit misericordiam in illum.
Et ait illī Iēsūs: Vāde, et tū fac similiter.
And he [i.e. the expert in the law] said, “The one who had mercy on him.” And Jesus said to him: “Go and do likewise.”