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Luke 13:17 Explained in Context
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Verse 17. 17And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 13:17 records the speech or response at Luke 13:17 within Luke 13:10–13:17: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him”.
Read It With
- Luke 13:10–13:17
Read Luke 13:17 with 13:10–13:17. In isolation, this contribution—records the speech or response at Luke 13:17 within Luke 13:10–13:17: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: 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 13:17 records the speech or response at Luke 13:17 within Luke 13:10–13:17: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him”. This precise contribution belongs inside “A Bent Woman Is Released on Sabbath” because 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.
What Remains True
Luke 13:17 records the speech or response at Luke 13:17 within Luke 13:10–13:17: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him”. 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
- Luke 13:17 records the speech or response at Luke 13:17 within Luke 13:10–13:17: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Prioritize a disabled woman's dignity and release from burdens while honoring Sabbath's Jewish meaning; never turn her body into a prop or promise every condition will be cured.
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
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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
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