Why would Jesus give such instructions? One Bible scholar states: “Salutations among the Orientals did not consist, as among us, of a slight bow, or extension of the hand, but [were] performed by many embraces, and inclinations, and even prostrations of the body on the ground.
٩ أَيُّ مَبْدَإٍ قَالَهُ يَسُوعُ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نُطَبِّقَهُ فِي مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِٱسْتِخْدَامِ وَقْتِنَا ؟‏