Luke 10 · Verse 32

Luke 10:32

And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:32, King James Version

Luke 10:32 in other translations

BSB	So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
WEB	In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
ASV	And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
YLT	and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.
DARBY	and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side.
BBE	And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.
Webster	And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

What does Luke 10:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 10:31-32

31-32. came down a ... priest ... and a Levite--Jericho, the second city of Judea, was a city of the priests and Levites, and thousands of them lived there. The two here mentioned are supposed, apparently, to be returning from temple duties, but they had not learnt what that meaneth, 'I will have mercy and not sacrifice' [Trench]. saw him--It was not inadvertently that he acted. came and looked--a further…

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 32. A Levite. The Levites, as well as the priests, were of the tribe of Levi, and were set apart to the duties of religion. The peculiar duty of the priest was to offer sacrifice at the temple; to present incense; to conduct the morning and evening services of the temple, &c. The office or duty of the Levites was to render assistance to the priests in their services. In the journey of the Israelites through the wilderness, it was their duty to transport the various parts of the tabernacle and the sacred utensils. It was their duty to see that the tabernacle and the temple were kept clean; to prepare supplies for the sanctuary, such as oil, incense, wine, &c. They had also the care of the sacred revenues, and after the time of David they conducted the sacred music of the temple service, Nu 8:5-22; 1Chr 23:3-5,24-32; 24:27-31.

Came and looked on him. It is remarked by critics, here, that the expression used does not denote, as in the case of the priest, that he accidentally saw him and took no farther notice of him, but that he came and looked on him more attentively, but still did nothing to relieve him.

(i) "came and looked on him" Ps 109:25, Prov 27:10

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 10:25-37

If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Christ gave an instance of a poor Jew in distress, relieved by a good Samaritan. This poor man fell among thieves…

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Luke 10:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁμοίωςhomoiōsLikewiseG3668

δὲdenowG1161

καὶkaialsoG2532

ΛευίτηςLeuitēsa LeviteG3019

γενόμενοςgenomenoshaving comeG1096

κατὰkatatoG2596

τὸνtontheG3588

τόπονtoponspotG5117

ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving comeG2064

καὶkaiandG2532

ἰδὼνidōnhaving seen [him]G1492

ἀντιπαρῆλθεν.antiparēlthenpassed by opposite.G492

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 10:32

Acts 18:17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Psalms 109:25
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ps 109:25; Pr 27:10; Ac 18:17; 2Ti 3:2

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Context

Luke 10:31
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:32
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:33
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

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Luke 10:32 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y asimismo un Levita, llegando cerca de aquel lugar, y viéndole, se pasó de un lado.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et pareillement aussi un lévite, étant arrivé en cet endroit-là, s’en vint, et, le voyant, passa outre de l’autre côté;
German Elberfelder 1871	Gleicherweise aber auch ein Levit, der an den Ort gelangte, kam und sah ihn und ging an der entgegengesetzten Seite vorüber.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Similiter et Levita, cum esset secus locum, et videret eum, pertransiit.