JESUS HEALS A CRIPPLED WOMAN, Dr. Samuel Lee
A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM
Passage: Luke 13:10~17  
Key verse: 16
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,(A) 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.(B) She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her,(C) and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,(D) the synagogue leader(E) said to the people, “There are six days for work.(F) So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?(G) 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,(H) whom Satan(I) has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated,(J) but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
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1. A woman who was bound by Satan (10-13)
For 18 years this woman had been bound by Satan. She was so crippled that she could not straighten up. One Sabbath day Jesus saw her in the synagogue. He said, 'Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.' He put his hands of healing on her; she straightened up and praised God. Jesus came to set us free from whatever binds us and makes us useless and miserable. He sets us free to praise God.
2. A daughter of Abraham (14-17)
The synagogue ruler was indignant that Jesus healed on the Sabbath, and he criticized him before the people. But Jesus rebuked the hypocrites who untied and watered donkeys on the Sabbath, but could not rejoice that a daughter of Abraham was untied from 18 years of bondage to the power of Satan. Some dangerous opponents were humiliated by Jesus, but the ordinary people who longed for freedom were delighted by his wonderful deeds.
Prayer: Lord, I praise you for setting me free from bondage to sin. Give me eyes and heart to see your work and praise you.
One Word: Jesus sets us free