Parable of the Good Samaritan In his essay "Lost in Non-Translation", biochemist and author Isaac Asimov asserts (despite portrayals of many good Samaritans in Luke 17:11-19; Acts 8:5-7; 15:3, as well as John 4:4-42, etc.) that at the time when the parable was included in the gospel, there were no good Samaritans; in his view, this was half the point of the parable. As Asimov put it, we need to think of the story occurring in Alabama in 1950, with a mayor and a preacher ignoring a man who has been beaten and robbed, with the role of the Samaritan being played by a poor
The Good Samaritan (Seinfeld) The Good Samaritan (Seinfeld) "The Good Samaritan" is the 37th episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld". It is the 20th episode of the third season, and first aired on March 4, 1992. This is the only episode of "Seinfeld" to be directed by one of the show's stars, Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza. Jerry witnesses a hit-and-run driver hitting another car. He is on the car phone with Elaine, who tells him he has to go after the driver. He does, but when the driver steps out he sees that she is a beautiful woman named Angela (played by Melinda