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Luke 13:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16And 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?
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Quick Meaning
Luke 13:16 names her daughter of Abraham and frames Sabbath as covenant release.
Read It With
- Luke 13:10–13:17
Read Luke 13:16 with 13:10–13:17. Luke 13:16 names her daughter of Abraham and frames Sabbath as covenant release. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Jesus calls forward a woman bent for eighteen years, names her released, lays hands on her, and answers Sabbath objection by calling her a daughter of Abraham entitled to liberation.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 13:16 names her daughter of Abraham and frames Sabbath as covenant release. This selected detail moves Luke 13:10–13:17 from its initiating question or action toward the unit's response and prepares Luke's next movement.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 13:10–13:17.
- Jesus calls forward a woman bent for eighteen years, names her released, lays hands on her, and answers Sabbath objection by calling her a daughter of Abraham entitled to liberation.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: Luke describes Satanic bondage within the story, but modern diagnosis is unavailable. 'Daughter of Abraham' restores covenant identity and must not make her body a mere argument prop.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
The scene does not authorize unsafe healing, blame the woman, reject medical care, demean synagogue leaders or Judaism, or use touch without consent.
What Remains True
Luke 13:16 names her daughter of Abraham and frames Sabbath as covenant release. Read inside Luke 13:10–13:17, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: Jesus calls forward a woman bent for eighteen years, names her released, lays hands on her, and answers Sabbath objection by calling her a daughter of Abraham entitled to liberation. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Luke 13:16, explain this exact contribution inside Luke 13:10–13:17, identify the unit's source-controlled uncertainty, and refuse this misuse before proposing action: The scene does not authorize unsafe healing, blame the woman, reject medical care, demean synagogue leaders or Judaism, or use touch without consent.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 13:16's specific contribution to Luke 13:10–13:17: names her daughter of Abraham and frames Sabbath as covenant release. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Luke 13:10–13:17 — A Bent Woman Is Released on SabbathSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Luke describes Satanic bondage within the story, but modern diagnosis is unavailable. 'Daughter of Abraham' restores covenant identity and must not make her body a mere argument prop.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 13:10–13:17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 13:10–13:17
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 13:10–13:17
Open source ↗