Luke 10:29

“But he willing to justify himself, etc.] Upon the foot of his own righteousness, and to make himself appear to be righteous to others; for this the Jews thought themselves able to do, both to justify themselves before God by their own works, and make it out to men, that they were truly righteous persons; and it is a maxim with them, that “every one wmx[ ta qydxmh that justifies himself, below (on earth), they justify him above (or in heaven) f347.” No wonder then that this man was desirous of justifying himself; and in order to which he said, and who is my neighbour? he takes no notice of God, and love to him, as coming into the account of his justification, only of his neighbour; thinking…”

“willing--"wishing," to get himself out of the difficulty, by throwing on Jesus the definition of "neighbor," which the Jews interpreted very narrowly and technically, as excluding Samaritans and Gentiles [ALFORD].”

“To justify himself - Desirous to appear blameless, or to vindicate himself, and show that he had kept the law. Jesus wished to lead him to a proper view of his own sinfulness, and his real departure from the law. The man was desirous of showing that he had kept the law; or perhaps he was desirous of justifying himself for asking the question; of showing that it could not be so easily settled; that a mere reference to the “words” of the law did not determine it. It was still a question what was meant by “neighbor.” The Pharisees held that the “Jews” only were to be regarded as such, and that the obligation did not extend at all to the Gentiles. The lawyer was probably ready to affirm that he…”

“To justify himself - That is, to show he had done this. Lev 18:5. Luke 10:30”

“10:29 who is my neighbor? A neighbor, in this context, was normally identified as a fellow Israelite.”

“willing: Luk 16:15, Luk 18:9-11; Lev 19:34; Job 32:2; Rom 4:2, Rom 10:3; Gal 3:11; Jam 2:24 And: Luk 10:36; Mat 5:43, Mat 5:44 Luke 10:30”