Luke 17:16

Fell down on his face. The typical Oriental posture of supplication and gratitude, whether to God or to man (see on Esther 3:2).

He was a Samaritan. Possibly the other nine felt that, as sons of Abraham, they deserved to be healed. But this Samaritan, who may have considered that he did not deserve the blessing of health that had come to him suddenly and unexpectedly, appreciated the gift Heaven now bestowed upon him. Those who forget to thank God for blessings received, and truly to appreciate what God does for them, are in grave danger of forgetting Him altogether (see Rom. 1:21, 22).