The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a
The Good Samaritan by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1616
The road from Jerusalem to Jericho
A group of Lutheran confirmands in the Church of Sweden reenact the Parable of the Good Samaritan during their confirmation mass in Oscar Church, Stockholm.
In this folio from the 6th-century Rossano Gospels, the cross-bearing halo around the Good Samaritan's head indicates an allegorical interpretation. The first scene includes an angel.
Samaritan woman at the well
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The Samaritan woman at the well, also known as Photini of Samaria, is a figure from the Gospel of John. John 4:4–42 relates her conversation with Jesus at Jacob's Well near the city of Sychar or Shech
The Water of Life Discourse between Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well by Angelika Kauffmann, 17th–18th century
Eastern Orthodox fresco of Saint Photine meeting Christ
2nd century A.D., Rome. Christ and the Samaritan woman drawing water, Catacomb of Callistus. An early Christian painting illustrating the Biblical story.
Samaritan woman at the well 1651 by Gervais Drouet