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# But a certain Samaritan
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This introduces a new person in the story without giving his name. We know only that he was from Samaria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants]])
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# a certain Samaritan
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The Jews despised the Samaritans and would have assumed that he would not help the injured Jewish man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# When he saw him
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"When the Samaritan saw the injured man"
# he was moved with compassion
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"he felt sorry for him"