Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan in Biblical Art
The Good Samaritan has often been painted as a scene of costly compassion.
Bible and Art Context
Van Gogh painted the scene after Delacroix while living through deep personal struggle. The image makes mercy physical: the Samaritan bends under the weight of lifting a wounded stranger.
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The Good Samaritan
Vincent van Gogh, after Eugene Delacroix, 1890, Oil on canvas
Van Gogh turns neighbor-love into bodily effort, not vague sentiment.
Source: Wikimedia CommonsQuestions about Good Samaritan in Art
Where is the Good Samaritan in the Bible?
The parable of the Good Samaritan is found in Luke 10:25-37.
Why is the Good Samaritan important in art?
The subject lets artists depict mercy as action: stopping, bending down, lifting, and paying a cost for another person.