Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 13:11
And, behold, there was a woman which had a (d) spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself].
(d) Troubled with a disease which Satan caused.
And, behold, there was a woman which had a (d) spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself].
(d) Troubled with a disease which Satan caused.
Verse Luke 13:11. _A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY_] Relative to this subject _three_ things may be considered: - I. The woman's infirmity. II. Her cure. And III. The conduct of the ruler o...
THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY - Was infirm, or was weak and afflicted. This was produced by Satan, Luke 13:16. EIGHTEEN YEARS - This affliction had continued a long time. This show...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
A WOMAN HEALED ON THE SABBATH. (Lk. only; _cf. Luke 6:1_). Loisy is too fanciful in connecting this section with what precedes by suggesting that as the barren tree stands for unrepentant Israel so th...
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath; and--look you--there was a woman there who had a spirit of weakness for eighteen years. She was bent together and could not straighten up pr...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ An evil demon. App-101.12. OF. causing. Genitive of Origin. App-17. EIGHTEEN YEARS. A type of the condition of the nation.. long-standing case, as "Signs" "C" and "C". App-1...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_a spirit of infirmity_ Her curvature is thus directly attributed to Satanic agency. Job 2:6-7; Acts 10:38....
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
THE SABBATICAL HYPOCRITE AND THE SUFFERING WOMAN...
ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ … ἈΣΘΕΝΕΊΑΣ. Her curvature is thus directly attributed to Satanic agency. Job 2:6-7; Acts 10:38. ἮΝ. _Aderat_; she had doubtless come there on purpose. ΜῊ ΔΥΝΑΜΈΝΗ. The μὴ can hardly be here...
Ver 10. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lif...
_A WOMAN WAS FREED FROM AN INFIRMITY -- LUKE 13:10-17:_ Jesus went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day. He saw a woman who "had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and coul...
ΈΧΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΣΘΈΝΕΙΑ (G769) слабость, болезнь. "Дух заболевания" может быть заимствованием из арамейского, указывающим, что болезнь была вызвана духом (Fitzmyer, 1...
THERE WAS A WOMAN, &C.— Jesus happening to preach in one of the synagogues of Perea on a sabbath-day, cast his eyes upon a woman in the congregations, who had not been able to stand upright during the...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Repentance in Doctrine (Luke 13:10-17) 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eight...
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF INF...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
13:11 head (b-25) Lit. 'herself.' not as ch. 21.28....
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
THE WOMAN WITH A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY (peculiar to Lk). The story is told not so much for the sake of the miracle, as for the light it throws upon the question of sabbath observance. It is the only cas...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
BEHOLD, THERE WAS A WOMAN.... — The description indicates the accuracy of the trained observer. The duration of the affliction (as in Acts 9:33), the symptoms of permanent curvature of the spine, the...
πνεῦμα ἀσθενείας : the Jews saw the action of a foreign power in every form of disease which presented the aspect of the sufferer's will being overmastered. In this case the woman was bent and could n...
_Cure in a synagogue on a Sabbath day_, peculiar to Lk....
GOOD WORK FOR THE SABBATH Luke 13:10-17 There was in this woman a noble principle which led her to persevere in attending God's house, although there was much to discourage her. Probably she was anim...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
THE RHEUMATISM OF EIGHTEEN YEARS HEALED Luke 13:10-17. “ _And He was teaching in one of their synagogues on the Sabbath. Behold_, _a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years_, _and was bent o...
11. _The Progress of the Kingdom: Luke 13:10-21_. During this journey, as throughout His whole ministry, Jesus did not fail to frequent the synagogues on the Sabbath days. The present narrative introd...
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE UPLIFTING POWER OF THE GOSPEL_ ‘And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.… Immediately she was...
11._And, lo, a woman _Here is related a miracle performed on a woman who was cured, and the offense which the malignity of the Jews led them to take up, because our Lord had cured her on a _Sabbath _-...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
AND BEHOLD THERE WAS A WOMAN,.... In the synagogue, who, as infirm as she is hereafter described, got out to the place of worship; and which may be a rebuke to such, who, upon every trifling indisposi...
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up _herself_. Ver. 11. _And was bowed together, and could in no wise l...
_He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath_ Our Lord Jesus spent his sabbaths in the synagogues, and we should make conscience of doing so; that is, of attending places of worship, as we...
A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY; a spirit that kept her bowed together; for her infirmity is ascribed to the power of Satan, verse Luke 13:16....
THE CRIPPLED WOMAN HEALED. The healing on the Sabbath:...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY EIGHTEEN YEARS, AND WAS BOWED TOGETHER, AND COULD IN NO WISE LIFT UP HERSELF....
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
10-17 Our Lord Jesus attended upon public worship on the sabbaths. Even bodily infirmities, unless very grievous, should not keep us from public worship on sabbath days. This woman came to Christ to...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VIII And when Jesus beheld her, and perceived from what cause she was bowed together, he said, "Ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen...
Luke 13:11 And G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) was G2258 (G5713) woman G1135 had G2192 (G5723) spirit...
THE WOMAN WHO WAS MADE STRAIGHT AND DELIVERED FROM SATAN (13:10-17). This story is central to this section of Luke, as is demonstrated by the chiasmus. We may ignore such literary methods, but we can...
‘And behold, a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.' ‘And behold.' This may well indicate that He suddenly spotted her...
TIME. It is generally agreed that this incident belongs to the later period of our Lord's ministry, about the time of His visit to Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1). The reasons for this are (1.) that...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
Luke 13:11. A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY EIGHTEEN YEARS. This suggests a form of demoniacal possession; and Luke 13:16 shows that Satanic influence was present in her case. Our Lord, however, did not heal de...
A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY (πνευμα ασθενειας). A spirit that caused the weakness (ασθενειας, lack of strength) like a spirit of bondage (Romans 8:15), genitive case.SHE WAS BOWED TOGETHER (ην συνκυπτο...
Luke 13:10 The Impotent Woman. I. This impotent woman may fairly be taken as a type of character to which we, or many of us, answer; and answer much more closely than, for example, to that of the pro...
Luke 13:10. _And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise li...
Luke 13:1. _There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices._ This was a matter of common town talk, so of course they bro...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
Luke 13:10. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lif...
Luke 13:11. _And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
A WOMAN WAS THERE. Only Luke tells this healing of the Crippled Woman. A similar healing on the Sabbath is given in Matthew 12:10-13; Mark 3:1-5. THAT HAD KEPT HER SICK FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS. A demon was...
_A woman, which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen yearn--_ TWO PULPITS I. Observe one thing at the outset: HOW MANY ANONYMOUS BELIEVERS THERE ARE IN THE BIBLE RECORD WHO GIVE HELP ALL ALONG THE AGES...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:11 DISABLING SPIRIT. For other examples of demons being associated with physical ailments, see Luke 11:14....
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_And behold there was a woman._ "The spirit of infirmity, that is, an infirmity sent by the evil one," says de Lyra. Euthymius, "The devil of weakness not suffering her to live." The Arabic reads, "Wi...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:10. IN ONE OF THE SYNAGOGUES.—Time and place are indefinite; probably in Peræa. Luke 13:11 A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY.—(Cf. Acts 16:6, “a spirit of Python”). _I.e._, an evil spiri...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
Acts 14:8; Acts 3:2; Acts 4:22; Job 2:7; John 5:5;...
Spirit of infirmity. A spirit which caused infirmity. An evil demon, see ver. 16, though it is not certain that it was a case of possession. The details of the disease, and the noting of the time of i...
She was bowed together, and utterly unable to lift up herself — The evil spirit which possessed her afflicted her in this manner. To many doubtless it appeared a natural distemper. Would not a modern...