BNP #52: The Good Samaritan

Acts 15:3; Luke 10:30-37 Samaria has had a peculiar role in the spread of Christianity, as it was not considered a part of the house of Israel during the time of Jesus, but it had enough roots and heritage to be regarded as closer to Judaism than any of the Gentiles that had no knowledge of God. While Jesus uses the story of the Good Samaritan as a polemic to call out some privileged and less than loving Jewish leaders of the day, today we will get a background of the bad blood between Israel and Samaria.