| − | The Good Samaritan may represent the Christian. Even when religious leaders, like the [[priest]] or [[Levite]] who passed by the hurt man, while not acknowledge a soul in despair, the Christian will. He rescues the heathan man from death on the side of the road. The [[Jews]] hated the Samaritans; they were half-breeds, a mix of Jews and [[Gentiles]]. This makes the irony greater that the Jew, robbed and beaten, was aided by a Samaritan, much like the wicked today persecute Christians trying to help them out of their sin. | + | The Good Samaritan may represent the Christian. Even when religious leaders, like the [[priest]] or [[Levite]] who passed by the hurt man, while not acknowledge a soul in despair, the Christian will. He rescues the heathan man from death on the side of the road. The [[Jews]] hated the Samaritans; they were half-breeds, a mix of Jews and [[Gentiles]]. This makes the irony greater that the Jew, robbed and beaten, was aided by a Samaritan, much like the Christians today are persecuted by God-denying heathans. |