Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 10:29

“But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?”

“This interpretation corresponds to the places, if any one will examine them. For Jericho lies in the low parts of Palestine, Jerusalem is seated on an eminence, occupying the crest of a mountain. The man then came from the high parts to the low, to fall into the hands of the robbers who infested the desert. As it follows, And he fell among thieves.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.