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.
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Levites or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname Halevi, which consists of the
Parable of the Good Samaritan
…a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man. A Samaritan happens upon him and—though Samaritans and Jews were generally antagonistic toward each other—helps him…
A Levite reads the Law to the people (1873 illustration).