Bible Strands
Luke 13:16
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses His religious opponents in Capernaum immediately after healing a crippled woman on the Sabbath, following His rebuke of them for untying livestock to water on that same day.
The words — The text uses θυγατέρα (thugatera, “daughter”) and ἔδησεν (edēsen, “has bound”) to state that a woman was held captive by Satan for eighteen years.
The thread — The passage intersects with Mark 2:27 regarding Sabbath purpose, Luke 3:8 regarding false ancestral claims, and Luke 19:9 regarding covenant identity and salvation.
Why it lands — The text states that Sabbath observance must yield to immediate human relief, requiring the reader to reject ritual rigidity in favor of active compassion.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Cross-references
- Mark 2:27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
- Luke 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- Luke 19:9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
- John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Acts 13:26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
- 2 Timothy 2:26 Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
- Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Luke 13:11 and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
- Romans 4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
- Luke 16:24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’