Luke 13:10

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit Healed

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

Luke 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:10

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues
That is Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; which was his work, he being a teacher sent from God, and who took all opportunities of instructing men in the truths of the Gospel; this was done either in Galilee, or in Judea, in one of the synagogues of some city there, for in their larger cities there were more synagogues than one. In Jerusalem, we are told ^F15, there were three hundred and ninety four synagogues; and other writers ^F16 increase their number, and say, there were four hundred and eighty: and it was

on the sabbath;
which was now in force, and was religiously observed by Christ.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 105. 1.
F16 Pesikta in Jarchi in Isa. i. 21. Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 20. 3. Ecka Rabbati, fol. 37. 4.

Luke 13:10 In-Context

8 But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].

9 And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'"

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

11 And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.

12 And [when he] saw her, Jesus summoned [her] and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability!"