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Καὶ ἰδοὺ νομικός τις ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; (Luke 10:25)

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, testing him and saying, “Teacher, what having done shall I inherit eternal life?”

Luke 10:25 introduces one of Jesus’ most famous dialogues—the conversation that leads to the parable of the Good Samaritan. Yet before the story unfolds, Luke sets the stage with a single, densely packed sentence. The grammar captures tension, irony, and sincerity in one frame. A legal expert (“lawyer”) rises to test Jesus, but his question becomes the doorway to a deeper revelation about eternal life.… Learn Koine Greek