Luke chapter 10

vs 22

Jesus is making a statement here about his relationship with God. Obviously when he says "no one knows who the son is except the father", he is not saying it literally, because Peter, James, and John at least were at the mountain for transfiguration. So in the same way, it's not as if no one knows who God is at all (or even knows God as father), but rather that the relationship between God and Jesus is unique. Well, somewhat unique. Jesus does say, after all, that he can reveal the Father to people.

vs 23

We certainly all think that! How many of us wish we could be there and see all this stuff happening? But Jesus confirms it - they are especially blessed. Of course they are. But it's not for the reason we think. See, we think that, if by somehow seeing Jesus in the flesh, it would have some special effect on our faith or something.

vs 24

But Jesus instead says that they are blessed because they are seeing the culmination of all the promises, covenants and visions that God had given to kings and prophets over the years.

vs 25

Ok, we're obviously in a new section, when it says something like "on one occasion". That also makes us question the chronology. It could be that Luke is putting this story here because it fits thematically.

As many people have pointed out, this question, no matter who asks it, is incongruous - you don't do anything to inherit something. Unless you're Jacob.

vs 26

The guy's a teacher of the Law, after all.

vs 27

His answer is, interestingly, the two laws that Jesus would sum up the Law with in another gospel.

vs 28

Jesus praises his answer, and tells him if you do those things, eternal life will be yours.

vs 29

It's hard to follow a Law if you don't know what exactly it pertains to. So this guy might have just been asking for clarification. However, Luke tells us why he asked - he wanted to justify himself.

What does that mean? That he wanted to justify his asking of the question? More likely, it sounds like he wanted to hear that "do this" fitted with what he did. So instead of asking "So, do I fit that?" he asks "So who is my neighbour?"

vs 30

Someone showed pictures of part of the road that goes from Jerusalem to Jericho at church a few weeks ago (they'd been on one of those Bibleland tours). It was funny - it started an argument about the person walking down it, and how lonely it would have been etc. It's just a story! The guy did not exist! It's a parable! Far out, do you argue where the vineyard was in Jesus' other parable? Or where the field is for the parable of the Sower?

vs 31

Ritual cleanless is the reason - if the guy is dead, then the priest has to go through a complicated series of washings and being unable to do his work for up to a week.

vs 32

Same.