Exegesis:

tis toutōn tōn triōn ‘which of these three?’ Abrupt change from the narrative to a question addressed to the expert in the law.

plēsion dokei soi gegonenai .’.. seems to you to have been a neighbour.’ plēsion without article ho as part of the predicate.

tou empesontos eis tous lēstas ‘of him who fell into the hands of the robbers.’ Here empiptō eis (cf. on 6.39) is equivalent to peripiptō with dative, cf. v. 30.

Translation:

To mark the transition from the parable to the concluding question one may end v. 35 by a commonly used marker at the end of a narrative, as done e.g. in Tzeltal, using ‘(thus) he said to him,’ similarly in Ekari; or one may begin v. 36 by an exclamatory particle indicating a turn in the conversation (cf. Balinese, Marathi, Zarma); and/or one may shift the equivalent of “do you think” to initial position, cf. ‘What do you say…’ (Shona 1963), ‘As you see it, which…’ (Shona 1966), ‘How do you judge? Who…’ (Yao), ‘So, how about your feeling/thought, who…’ (Pohnpeian, Trukese). In some cases a complete transitional sentence had to be inserted, cf. ‘To finish, Jesus asked him’ (Kituba), ‘And now again Jesus spoke to the man who questioned him, he said’ (Tboli).

Which of these three, or, ‘who among these three,’ ‘there were three those men that passed by there, which of them…’ (Tboli).

Proved neighbour to …, or, ‘has shown himself the nearest of…’ (Bible de Jérusalem), ‘behaved as his-fellow-man towards…’ (Bahasa Indonesia RC), ‘was/did like neighbour of…’ (Shona 1966, Pohnpeian), ‘did in-order-to (be) neighbour of…’ (Trukese). In some cases the expression used for “neighbour” in v. 27 requires some adjustment here; thus Tboli and Sranan Tongo, which in v. 27 have, ‘your companion/fellow Tboli’ and ‘man at your side’ respectively, here use, ‘companioned that man…’ and ‘was at the side of the man….’

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.