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Luke 13:16

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?

KJV

ταύτην δὲ θυγατέρα Ἀβραὰμ οὖσαν, ἣν ἔδησεν ὁ σατανᾶς ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη, οὐκ ἔδει λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου;

Greek NT

Hanc autem filiam Abrahæ, quam alligavit Satanas, ecce decem et octo annis, non oportuit solvi a vinculo isto die sabbati ?

Vulgate

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

ASV

And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σατανᾶς
satanas
noun · 36×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέκα
deka
adjective · 25×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
δεσμόν
desmon
noun · 18×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θυγάτηρ
thugater
noun · 28×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λύω
luo
verb · 42×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ὀκτώ
okto
adjective · 10×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:26 — And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
  • Acts 9:33 — And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
  • Acts 13:26 — Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  • John 5:5 — And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • Luke 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
  • Luke 8:43 — And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
  • Luke 13:11 — And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  • Luke 13:11 — And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  • Luke 13:12 — And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
  • Luke 19:9 — And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  • Luke 19:9 — And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  • Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
  • Matt 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  • Ps 41:8 — An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
  • Ps 107:14 — He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
  • Rev 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Rom 4:12 — And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.