When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
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When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
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When Iesus sawe her he called her to him and sayde to her: woman thou arte delyvered from thy disease.
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When Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy disease.
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Passages linked to Luke 13:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 107:20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- Matthew 8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- Isaiah 65:1 “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
- Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
- Luke 6:8-10 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood. Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.
- Luke 13:16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For Satan had the woman bound, as if she…
For Satan had the woman bound, as if she had been in chains, insomuch that for eighteen years space she could not hold up her head.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her…
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
Ver. 12. Thou art loosed] For she had been bound by Satan, Luk 13:16. All wicked worldlings are worse bound, and go grovelling, but feel it not, look not out for help, look not up to heaven, till laid upon their backs by death, as swine ready to be stuck.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when Jesus saw her,.... In the synagogue among…
And when Jesus saw her,.... In the synagogue among the people, either whilst, or after he had done teaching:
he called her to him, to come nearer him, and said unto her; of his own accord, without being asked by the woman, or any other for her, out of great compassion to her, seeing her in this miserable condition, and knowing full well the nature, cause, and long continuance of her disorder:
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woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity; which had not only bowed her, but it had bound her, as if she had been bound with cords; but Christ by saying these words, with his hands laid upon her, burst her bonds asunder, dispossessed the evil spirit, and delivered her from her long affliction.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou art loosed from thine infirmity - This was…
Thou art loosed from thine infirmity - This was a remarkable declaration. It does not appear that the woman “applied” to him for a cure; yet Jesus addressed her, and the disease departed. How clear would be the proofs from such a case that he was the Messiah! And how mighty the power of him that by a word could restore her to health!
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain said . . . Woman . . . and…
said . . . Woman . . . and laid--both at once.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Saw her… called—While Jesus is teaching, the debilitated…
12. Saw her… called—While Jesus is teaching, the debilitated cripple is descried by him in the women’s part of the synagogue, and she comes forth at his command, apparently so bowed down that she could scarce have seen the face of her benefactor if he stood in the pulpit.
Loosed—For Satan’s grasp had fastened and tied her down with her own stiffened sinews and muscles. Jesus lays his hand upon her, through which a heavenly power is poured, and the Satanic spell disappears.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. thou art loosed] Here, as elsewhere, the delicacy…
12. thou art loosed] Here, as elsewhere, the delicacy and force of the Greek tense implying the immediateness and the permanence of the cure can only be expressed in English by a periphrasis.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.—Better, thou…
(12) Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.—Better, thou hast been loosed . . . The words were obviously a test of the woman’s faith. Would she, on hearing the words, make the effort to do what she had not done for eighteen years? The verb, it may be noted, is in the perfect. The work of healing was already completed.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Woman, you are freed from your weakness
Woman, you are freed from your weakness
"Woman, you are healed from your disease." This can be expressed with an active verb: AT: "Woman, I have set you free from your weakness" (See: Active or Passive)
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Woman, you are freed from your weakness
By saying this, Jesus healed her. This can be expressed with a sentence that shows that he was causing it to happen, or by a command. AT: "Woman, I now free you from your weakness" or "Woman, be freed from your weakness" (See: Statements - Other Uses)
He placed his hands on her
"He touched her"
she was straightened up
This could be stated in active form. AT: "she stood up straight" (See: Active or Passive)
was indignant
"was very angry"
answered and said
"said" or "responded"
be healed then
This could be stated in active form. AT: "let someone heal you during those six days" (See: Active or Passive)
on the Sabbath day
"on a Sabbath day." Some languages would say "a Sabbath" because we do not know which particular Sabbath day it was.
translationWords
Jesus
glory
God
synagogue
rule
cure
Sabbath
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