Luke 13:10

Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman on the Sabbath Day

10 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on a Sabbath day.

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 " 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year. I'll dig around it and feed it.

9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "

10 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on a Sabbath day.

11 A woman there had been disabled by an evil spirit for 18 years. She was bent over and could not stand up straight.

12 Jesus saw her. He asked her to come to him. He said to her, "Woman, you will no longer be disabled. I am about to set you free."