Good Samaritan

name

Etymology

From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

Definitions

  1. The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by…

    The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.

  2. A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.

    • A man had received some sort of nervous shock that had upset his mental balance for the time being, and the good Samaritan who had come to his aid had a voice which the caller thought he recognised […]
    • Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride.

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