NOTES for Luk 17:12-19
To the Samaritan leper who returned to thank the Lord, Christ says that his faith has saved him. It did not simply give him the possibility of being healed; it saved him. All ten lepers were granted the miracle, but only one of them understood that it happened by Christ's will, because He wanted it. And he received it as an undeserved gift and returned to thank Him. For this Samaritan, God ceased to be a faceless and distant force that sometimes helps people. He became for him the One who heard his plea. Unlike the others, what happened became for him a personal meeting with God face to face. This is the saving faith that the Lord saw in him.