Luke 17:16

Luke 17:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
• New International Version (NIV)He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

Context of Luke 17:16

14Jesus saw them and said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ While they were going on their way, they became well again. 15One of these ten men saw that Jesus had made him well. He turned back and he praised God in a loud voice. He went down on his knees in front of Jesus and thanked him. This man was from Samaria. 17Then Jesus said, ‘I made ten men well again, didn't I? There should be another nine men somewhere! 18But only this one man came back to thank God. And he is a foreign man from Samaria!’

Luke 17:16 word by word

καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αὐτῷ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν Σαμαρίτης.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• fell downπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• atπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• feetὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• givingεὐχαριστέωeucharisteō · to thankG2168
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a SamaritanΣαμαρείτηςSamareitēs · SamaritanG4541

Cross-references for Luke 17:16

• Luke 5:8When Simon saw all the fish, he went down on his knees in front of Jesus. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘I am a bad man. So please go away from me.’
• Genesis 17:3Abram fell down so that his face touched the ground. God said to him,
• Matthew 2:11The men went into the house and they saw the child. He was with Mary, his mother. They went down on their knees in front of the child and they worshipped him. Then they opened their bags. They took out valuable gifts and they gave them to the child. The gifts were gold, incense called frankincense, and also myrrh.
• Mark 5:33The woman knew what had happened to her. She felt very afraid. But she came to Jesus, and she went down on her knees in front of him. Then she told him everything that had happened to her.
• John 5:23Then all people will respect the Son as a great person. They will respect him in the way that they respect the Father. The Father sent the Son. So if people refuse to respect the Son, it shows that they do not respect the Father either.
• Acts 10:25When Peter arrived at the house, Cornelius went out to meet him. He went down on his knees in front of Peter to worship him.
• Revelation 4:10When they do this, the 24 leaders bend down to the ground. They also worship the Lord God, who sits on the throne and is alive for ever. They put their crowns in front of God's throne, and they praise him. They say:
• Revelation 5:14The four beings that are alive agreed. They said, ‘Yes, this is true.’ The leaders fell down and they worshipped God and the Lamb.
• Revelation 19:4The 24 leaders and the four beings that are alive then threw themselves down on the ground. They worshipped God, who was sitting on the throne. They said, ‘It is true! Praise the Lord God!’
• Luke 9:52He arrived near a village in the country of Samaria. He sent some people into the village with a message. They went to ask for a place to stay for the night.
• Luke 10:32A Levite was also going down the road. He came to the place where the man was lying. He saw him. But he also walked past on the other side of the road.
• John 4:9The woman from Samaria said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a woman from Samaria. Why would you ask me to give you a drink?’ (The Jews usually do not talk to people who come from Samaria.)
• John 8:48The Jews answered him, ‘What we say about you is right! You are from Samaria and you have a demon in you!’
• Acts 1:8But the Holy Spirit will come to you, and he will give you power. The Holy Spirit will make your spirit strong. Then you will tell other people everywhere in the world about me. You will do that in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria and in places far away.’
• Acts 8:5One of them who was called Philip went to a city in Samaria. There he told the people the message about Jesus Christ, God's Messiah.

Commentaries on Luke 17:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He was a Samaritan - One who professed a very corrupt religion; and from whom much less was to be expected than from the other nine, who probably were Jews.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed the one who thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The one man who returned to thank Jesus was a Samaritan, a hated foreigner in the eyes of most Jews (see study note on 10:33).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1911-13. through the midst of Samaria and Galilee--probably on the confines of both.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:16

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Praise
• Samaria
• Thankfulness

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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings