Study it in the app“And this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, look, for eighteen years, ought she not to be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?””
Andδὲthis woman,ταύτηνbeingοὖσανa daughterθυγατέραof Abraham,ἈβραὰμwhomἣνSatanὁ Σατανᾶςbound,ἔδησενlook,ἰδοὺfor eighteenδέκα καὶ ὀκτὼyears,ἔτηought she notοὐκ ἔδειto be releasedλυθῆναιfromἀπὸthisτούτουbondτοῦ δεσμοῦon the dayτῇ ἡμέρᾳof the Sabbath?”τοῦ σαββάτου
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ousan” appearsdear daughter
"Daughter" as an endearment, or a city's people.
Where else “thygatera” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appearsSatan
Satan, a Hebrew name meaning "the adversary", the enemy of God.
Where else “Satanas” appearsbind
To fasten someone or something with ropes.
Where else “edēsen” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “deka” appearseight
Eight.
Where else “oktō” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “etē” appearsuntie
To undo bonds, or set someone free.
Where else “lythēnai” appearsbond, chain
Bond, chain; prison.
Where else “desmou” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appearsSabbath
The seventh day, a rest for God.
Where else “sabbatou” appears15But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and give it water?
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17And as he said these things, all his opponents were put to shame, and all the crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things being done by him.
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?
