Parable of the Good Samaritan Snodgrass writes that "While one cannot exclude that Luke has joined two originally separate narratives, evidence for this is not convincing." The "Oxford Bible Commentary" notes: The unexpected appearance of the Samaritan led Joseph Halévy to suggest that the parable originally involved "a priest, a Levite, and an Israelite", in line with contemporary Jewish stories, and that Luke changed the parable to be more familiar to a gentile audience." Halévy further suggests that, in real life, it was unlikely that a Samaritan would actually have been found on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, although others claim that there was
The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral twenty-four - depict the Story of Creation. These are the themes of the planes depicting the story of the Good Samaritan: 1 - Signature panel (a shoemaker cutting leather) 2 - Signature panel (shoemakers making cord soles) 3 - Signature panel (donation of the window) 4 - Christ telling the parable to a couple of Pharisees 5 - The pilgrim leaving Jerusalem 6 - A bandit prepares to attack the pilgrim 7 - The pilgrim is beaten, robbed and stripped 8 - A Priest and a Levite see the injured man but walk on past 9 - A Samaritan binds