θυγατέρα Ἀβραὰμ οὖσαν. See Luke 19:9.

ἣν ἔδησεν ὁ σατανᾶς. Compare 2 Corinthians 12:7.

δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη. The accus. of duration.

οὐκ ἔδει. Our Saviour gives him back his own word “ought;”—but the man’s ought had been one of ceremonial obligation, and the ought of Jesus was founded on the divine necessity of love.

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Old Testament