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Luke 13:12

What does Luke 13:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 13:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 13:12 means

When Jesus saw the woman in her afflicted state, He took the initiative to call her to Him. This act demonstrates His active compassion, as He was not asked to heal her. He then spoke directly to her, declaring with authority, "Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity." This verbal declaration signifies the immediate release from her bondage, demonstrating His power over disease and the spiritual forces behind it.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Jesus having seen her, did call <FI>her<Fi> near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jesus, seeing her, called to [her], and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

Context

Following the description of the suffering woman in verse 11, Jesus' immediate and unprompted action underscores His divine insight and compassion. His direct command to her, rather than a physical touch, highlights the authority in His word. This moment of healing is a direct demonstration of God's power breaking into a world of suffering, setting up the physical manifestation of that healing and the subsequent controversy it generates.

v.11And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

v.12This passage

v.13And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 6:8

    But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

  • Joel 3:10

    Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

  • Psalms 107:20

    He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.

  • Matthew 8:16

    And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:

  • Luke 13:16

    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?

  • Isaiah 65:1

    I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

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