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Selected Verse: Luke 13:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 13:12 |
King James |
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| said . . . Woman . . . and laid--both at once. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Thou art loosed from thine infirmity - This was a remarkable declaration. It does not appear that the woman "applied" to him for a cure; yet Jesus addressed her, and the disease departed. How clear would be the proofs from such a case that he was the Messiah! And how mighty the power of him that by a word could restore her to health! |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Thou art loosed (ἀπολέλυσαο)
The only passage in The New Testament where the word is used of disease. Medical writers use it of releasing from disease, relaxing tendons, and taking off bandages. (Luk 13:25). In Mat 7:13, where the image is of a gate opening into a way, πύλη, gate, is used. |
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: