Aug 22, 2010 · Commentary on Luke 13:10-17. She had gotten used to looking at people out of the corner of her eye, by looking up and sideways. After eighteen years, she could hardly remember any other way of seeing the world. On this particular Sabbath, there was a special excitement at the synagogue, where she regularly went to worship.
Aug 21, 2016 · Two things are important to remember for framing this particular episode in Luke 13:10-17. Since the beginning of Luke, the author of the Gospel has been trying to help us understand Jesus as coming from Jewish stock. Some may call Luke’s Gospel Gentile-friendly, but it clearly embraces his Jewishness. The Gospel writer celebrates it in … Continue reading …
Aug 19, 2019 · Depart from me, all you workers of evil! (13:27-28). It is quite the intense chapter of Luke! Let us look more closely at Luke 13:10-17 (NASB), using a verse-by-verse approach. 10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. This is the last recorded time in the whole book of Luke that Jesus is in the synagogue.
Luke 13:10-21. Introduction. This morning we come to a passage in which Jesus demonstrates His own compassion and points out that such compassion was in perfect keeping with God’s law. He then expands to explain the nature of God’s kingdom. Please turn with me to Luke 13:10-21 and follow along as I read.
We know that when we see, touch, and announce freedom from the burdens that weigh us down, not all of us are cured. But as in this Gospel story, we are all set free and given wholeness, purpose, and promise through Jesus Christ.Aug 14, 2013
Luke 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records several parables and teachings told by Jesus Christ and his lamentation over the city of Jerusalem. Jesus resumes the journey to Jerusalem which he had embarked upon in Luke 9:51.
Bible Gateway Luke 17 :: NIV. Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Summarize Luke 13:1–14:6 by explaining that the Savior related a parable about a fig tree that would be cut down if it failed to produce fruit, which teaches that we will perish if we do not repent. He healed a woman on the Sabbath and taught about the kingdom of God and those who will be allowed to enter it.
Galileans (or Galilæans) was used to refer to members of a fanatical sect (Zealots), followers of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans. Galileans was also term used by some in the Roman Empire to name the followers of Christianity, called in this context as the Galilaean faith.
human life, health, food, clothing, shelter, family For example, he valued human life, because he raised people from the dead, and because he dreaded his own death and prayed for his life to be spared (Matthew 26:39). He valued health, for most of his recorded miracles involved healing (e.g., Luke 17:11-19).
The starting place is 10:30, where Jesus claims "I and the Father are one (or equal)." The crowds correctly interpret this to mean that Jesus in some way claims "equality with God." His claim leads them to a judgment, "blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God" (10:33).
Kingdom of God, also called Kingdom Of Heaven, in Christianity, the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king, or the fulfillment on Earth of God's will. The phrase occurs frequently in the New Testament, primarily used by Jesus Christ in the first three Gospels.
Jesus’ long day of ministry recorded in Luke 11 & 12 has come to an end and it is now a Sabbath. According to His regular practice, Jesus went to a local synagogue to join in worship, and as was common in that time, since Jesus had become a well known itinerant rabbi, he was asked to teach. As He is teaching, He notices a woman who is crippled. The text specifically states she “was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.” This is not being a little bent over or stooped from old age and osteoporosis. The word used here ( sugkuvptw / sugkupt ) describes a much worse condition of being bent over so that the ends are coming together, hence the translation of bent double. Added to this is the fact that she could not straighten up at all. The text adds that she has had this sickness, ( ajsqenhvV / astheneia) incapacity, weakness, limitation, for eighteen years. Any of you with bad backs can probably better imagine what she felt like in this condition than I can, but even I know it was bad. We are not told of a disease that she had or any accident. The text does say that the origin of her problem was a spirit.
If the synagogue official was not afraid of Jesus, he should have been, for Jesus now not only rebukes him, He includes everyone else who held to such man-made standards. First, He calls them hypocrites, a word which consistently had an evil sense in Jewish usage. The word gained its sense of deception when it was used to describe those who gave speeches full of mime and gesture and then actors who portrayed themselves to be someone or something they were not. By Jesus’ time it was used among the Jews to describe someone who was deceptive, someone that gave the appearance of being one thing when they were in reality something quite different. In Jesus’ usage of the term here and elsewhere ( Matthew 6:2, 5, 16; 7:5; 23:13-29 ), He is referring to those that conceal their evil hearts under a veneer of what was presented as piety and godliness.
He immediately follows up His rebuke with two parables about the kingdom of God and its expansion.
They knew mustard has a small seed that grows into something quite large, with this particular type of mustard reaching 10-15 feet. When the branches of the plant became firm, they would be used by the birds as a nesting place. Jesus used the growth of the mustard plant as an illustration of the kingdom of God.
LUKE 13:14. NOT ON THE SABBATH DAY. 14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought (Greek: dei —a divine imperative—commanded by God) to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”.
Then he warned his disciples of hypocrisy of the Pharisees (12:1-3). Then he spoke of the need for repentance, saying, “unless you repent, you will all perish” (13:5).
12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed (Greek: apolelusai —from the same root word as luei in v. 15 and luthenai in v. 16) from your infirmity.” 13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
I think he was just a little afraid of openly attacking Jesus directly after such a display of supernatural power. God had made the Sabbath day, the seventh day of the week, our Saturday, a holy day, set apart to worship Him.
What Did He Reveal About God? 1 Jesus revealed the compassionate heart of God in this story. He initiated this woman’s healing. 2 He demonstrated that God knows everything, the cause and the cure! 3 He revealed some of God purposes for the Sabbath. It was not a day for misery and bondage, but a day for praise and freedom. 4 He revealed that God knows the motives of the heart and is not impressed with external behavior that masks unbelief, jealousy, and hatred. GOD HATES HYPOCRISY. 5 He revealed that God is greater than Satan and has authority over him.
Peter warns us of that: 1 Peter 5:8. Likewise, Paul tells us about our armor—our protection — in Ephesians 6:10-14. This woman had been the target of demonic attack for 18 years but it had not destroyed her faith. She was still worshipping God on the Sabbath.
Over and over it is recorded that Jesus cast out demons of all kinds. He came to defeat Satan and to make him powerless against believers, and he clearly demonstrated his ability to do this while here on earth. We have to realize that His power and authority over the spirit world has not diminished one iota.
He has authority over everything in heaven and earth. But we must be alert and armored, because Satan does not play fair or come out in the open. He masquerades, sets traps, hides behind fun games, self, development philosophies, even religion.
It should be a day of worship, learning God’s Word, service, praise and thanksgiving, giving our offerings, joy and rest and a time with family and friends.
The Sabbath was given to Israel. It is the ONLY ONE of the Ten Commandments that is NOT repeated in the New Testament. The disciples and the early church worshiped on Sunday, the first day of the week to commemorate the Lord’s resurrection. Sunday is the Lord’s day. We do not have rules about it in the New Testament.
As Paul said with regard to the Judaizers, “They desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh” ( Gal. 6:13 ). When this woman experienced Jesus’ healing touch, she glorified God ( Luke 13:13 ). The goal of Jesus’ ministry was to deliver people from Satan’s power so that God would be glorified.
Paul attributed his thorn in the flesh to a messenger of Satan that was sent by God to keep him humble ( 2 Cor. 12:7 ). In his case, it was not God’s will to remove the source of affliction, so that Paul was forced through his weakness to depend on God’s strength.
It was a fairly normal day at the synagogue as the worshipers filed in. The men sat on one side, the women and children on the other. Perhaps a bit late, because she could not move very quickly, this bent-over woman shuffled into her regular spot in the back. People were used to her—she had been coming there for years. But it was difficult to talk with her. It took great effort for her to turn her head up enough to look at anyone’s face. Usually, she just looked down at the ground.
The official was a hypocrite because he didn’t have the integrity to address Jesus directly, but he scolded Jesus by scolding the crowd. Also, he pretended to be concerned about people—they could come and get cured on other days—but he wasn’t concerned about people at all. He was just concerned that someone had violated his rules. He was like a store owner I read about who became so obsessed with keeping his store neat that he locked the doors during much of the day to keep out customers because they were messing up his shelves! He had forgotten why he was in business.
Dead religion is marked by bondage to Satan, but reality with the Lord frees people from long-term problems. Dead religion is impotent for lasting change, but reality with the Lord is powerful. Dead religion lacks compassion for hurting people, but reality with the Lord results in compassion.