1 Samuel 18:5-19:24
John 8:31-59
Psalm 112:1-10
Proverbs 15:12-14
Question of the day: Why would the people call Jesus a "Samaritan devil?"
Samaritans were considered by the Jews to be second class citizens. Samaria was a country between Judea and Galiliee that formerly belonged to the kingdom of Israel. It had been conquered by the Assyrians some 700 years earlier and led to the intermarriage of Jews and invading Assyrians, in addition to other local non-Jews, such as Philistines, Edomites and Moabites.
This mixture caused those of "pure" Jewish extraction to look down upon the Samaritans as less than themselves. So by calling Jesus a Samaritan devil, they attempted to insult him as being second class.
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