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Answering (ὑπολαβὼν)
Used by Luke only, and in this sense only here. See on Luk 7:43. It means, strictly, to take up; and hence, of conversation, to take up another's discourse and reply.
Fell among
See on Jam 1:2.
Thieves (λῃσταῖς)
See on Mat 26:55; and Luk 23:39-43. These were not petty stealers, but men of violence, as was shown by their treatment of the traveller. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho passed through a wilderness (Jos 16:1), which was so notorious for robberies and murders that a portion of it was called “the red or bloody way,” and was protected by a fort and a Roman garrison.
Stripped
Not of his clothing only, but of all that he had.
Wounded (πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες)
Lit., having laid on blows. Blows or stripes is the usual sense of the word in the New Testament. See Luk 12:48; Act 16:23. It has the metaphorical sense of plagues in Rev 15:1, Rev 15:6, Rev 15:8, etc.
Half dead (ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα)
The full force of the expression cannot be rendered into English. The word τυγχάνοντα throws an element of chance into the ease. Lit., happening to be half dead; or “leaving him half dead, as it chanced;” his condition being a matter of unconcern to these robbers. The word ἡμιθανῆ, half dead, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. The best texts, however, omit τυγχάνοντα.