THE GOOD SAMARITAN INN

About halfway between Jerusalem and Jericho on the Jericho Road there is a place marked as the Good Samaritan Inn. Here in the Judean wilderness we find an old deserted caravan stop used for centuries as a resting place along the difficult journey going "down from Jerusalem to Jericho." Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 beginning at verse 30. The surrounding area lends itself well to robbers hiding out to prey on unsuspecting travelers as they went this way. Before 1967 the Jordanian police used this as a patrol station to watch the wilderness in the area. It is a fascinating and stimulating reminder that though the story of the Good Samaritan was a parable, it could have very well been someone that Jesus knew or knew about personally.