9:51-53 Why did the Samaritans reject Jesus?
9:51-53 Why did the Samaritans reject Jesus?=
The Samaritans were descendants of Jew and pagan intermarriages during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews (cp 2Ki 17:24-34 with Neh 13:23-27).
After the exiled Jews returned home they rejected the Samaritans offer of help to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple, and there has been enmity between them ever since. The Jews held the Samaritans in contempt (cp Jn 4:9, 19-22 with 8:48). Lk 9:53 tells us that the Samaritans would not receive Jesus because "…His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem", which obviously implied as far as they were concerned,
Christ's contempt for them also. How wrong they were. They were included in His propitiatory death, and were subsequently converted to Christianity (cp Ac 8:5-25).