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Luke 13:10-17
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Reading the Text:

• NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
• Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
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• The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
• The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.

• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
  • Comparative texts about Sacred Days and Seasons (inc Sabbath) from DSS, Mishnah, Babylonian Talmud, etc, and primary comparative texts of Rabbinic Wisdom (inc Sabbath and Passover restrictions) from Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus, Rutgers University.
  • II.XXIII.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • IV.30, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • VIII.LIV, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "Christ came to deliver us from the hand of Satan."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
    • "Christ knew that this ruler had a real enmity to him and to his gospel, and that he did but cloak it with a pretended zeal for the sabbath day; he really would not have them be healed any day; but if Jesus speaks the word, and puts forth his healing power, sinners are set free."
  • From Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
    • "For the real motive of his [the ruler's] speaking was envy, not (as he pretended) pure zeal for the glory of God."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
    • "All disease is the offspring of sin, but from Satan came sin."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Luke 13:10-17, David Schnasa Jacobsen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
    • "Two things are important to remember for framing this particular episode in Luke 13:10-17."
  • "Why We Can't Wait," Matthew L. Skinner, ON Scripture, 2016. Includes study questions and video.
    • "The anonymous woman's oppression led Jesus to act on the Sabbath. The oppression of a whole segment of society led King to press forward. Whose similar circumstances demand urgency today?"
  • Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2016.
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
  • "Daughters of Abraham," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2016.
  • "Standing Up Straight," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2016.
  • Living by the Word, Elizabeth Palmer, The Christian Century, 2016.
    • "...perhaps instead of rejoicing in one person's exaltation over the other, we could simply aim for kindness and healing in this complex, broken world, where everyone needs simultaneously to be exalted and humbled."
  • "Wondering: The Healing of the Bent Over Woman," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2016.
    • "Can you think of a time when the 'healing touch of Jesus' actually enabled you to see something you had not seen before? Something wondrous? Some injustice? What was that like? And what happened next?"
  • Commentary, Luke 13:1-17 | Rev. Benjamin Cremer | Pastor, Boise Euclid Church of the Nazarene | A Plain Account, 2016
    • "Sabbath. A day of rest. A day we recall the six days God created and the seventh day upon which God rested. A day when the Hebrew Exodus is remembered and the Messianic Age is anticipated."
  • Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
  • "Free Sunday," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer.
    • "There's no better way to honor God on the day of worship than by setting people free from the stingy rules that we have used to reinforce the notion that they "have" to come to church. Then they will honor God on the Sabbath because they cannot help but celebrate God's kindness and mercy and love."
  • "A Healing That Remembers," Commented Bible Passages from Taize, 2008.
  • Commentary, Luke 13:10-17, Emerson Powery, Pentecost +13, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
    • "What kind of community do we want to be? And, do religious traditions help us to become that kind of community or do they hinder our desires?"
  • "The Power of Love," Paul Lutter, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2013.
  • " A Bound Woman, Bound to be Loosed from Bondage," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2013.
    • "If the early church had known the term “Booyah!â€� they could have shortened this verse to one word."
  • "The Law of Love," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2013.
  • "God, Have Mercy," Will Willimon, The Hardest Question, 2013.
    • "Most people believe that God is. The Real Question: does God care about us?"
  • "Politics of God's Time," Amy Allen, Political Theology, 2013.
    • "And so, this week, whether I am planning my own Sabbath around early shop closures, or praying for my brothers and sisters in Egypt and around the world who must plan their Sabbath observances (be they Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or any other faith) around violence that threatens their very lives, I give thanks that ours is a God who is fiercely protective."
  • "Heat Wave...Standing Up Straight with the Bent Over Woman," Linda Fabian Pepe, Theological Stew, 2013.
  • "Going to Church?" Peter Lockhart, a different heresy, 2013.
  • "Abe's Daughter," Rick Fry, 2013.
  • "The Bent Over Woman," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in The Apple, 2013.
  • "Bent in Half," Rick Morley, 2013.
  • "Another Kind of Raising Up," Michael Coffey, 2013.
  • "Unbound on the Sabbath Day," Suzanne Guthrie, Soulwork toward Sunday: At the Edge of the Enclosure, 2013.
  • "What Better Day For Freedom?" Sharron R. Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2013.
  • "Partial View Seats," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, 2013.
  • "Of Healing and Enabling," Thomas Beam, 2013.
  • "Keep It Holy," David Sellery, 2013.
  • Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Luke 13:10-17, David Ewart, 2013.
    • "This lesson invites all of us who seek to follow Jesus today to ponder the ways in which our own rules, customs, and habits of what is right and proper have in fact become "Bad News" for the poor, the blind, and the oppressed - and to break those bonds so that we might ourselves be proclaimers of Good News of release, recovery, and freedom."
  • "How Could You Do That!?" Andrew Prior, 2013.
  • The Lectionary Lab, Pentecost +13, the Rev'ds Dr. John Fairless and Delmer Chilton (aka "Two Bubbas and a Bible"), 2013. Lectionary Lab Live podcast.
  • "The Case of the Bent Woman in Luke 13:10-17," John Wilkinson, Biblical Studies, UK. (.pdf)
    • "We come to the conclusion, therefore, that Jesus' reference to the bond of Satan does not mean that this woman was demon-possessed. What it does mean is that her condition is due to the activity of Satan as the primary cause of sin and disease."
  • Pulpit Fiction, podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2013.
  • "Jesus, the Bent Over Woman, and a Pastor Who Is Still Learning," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2013.
    • "Why do you think Jesus picks her out of the crowd in the synagogue?"
  • Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • Commentary, Luke 13:10-17, Jeannine K. Brown, Pentecost +13, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
    • "Both themes of praise and rejoicing are emphasized by Luke as appropriate responses to God's work in Jesus (e.g., 7:16) the one who brings the reign of God in healing power to those who most need it."
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "First Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 14, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "God's focus is not self-aggrandisement as it is with so many who have power and wealth and want to keep it, but generosity and giving, restoration and healing, encouraging and renewing."
  • Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
    • "It is the synagogue leader who calls Jesus' actions "healing" (therapeuo in v. 14 twice) -- and thus a "work". He doesn't see it as the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy of releasing from bondage -- or a re-enactment of the Exodus journey from slavery to freedom."
  • "Bent in Half," RMC Morley, a garden path, 2010.
    • "Where does your faith need straightened? Where does the Church need straightened?"
  • Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2010.
    • "Note especially the phrase "coming into being" (genomenois).  Most translations have "were done by him."  There is a perfectly good Greek word for "doing"--poieo--but Luke does not use it.  Instead, he uses genomenois, which comes from ginomai, which is a word associated with creation."
  • "Sunday, Sunday," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2010.
    • "I sometimes wonder if we get so caught up in preparing for Sunday ? after all, they come every seven days, ready or not! ? that we lose sight of what Sunday is really about in the first place."
  • "Everything Flows from This," Andrew Prior, the church (re)wired, 2010.
  • "Believing Is Seeing," Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2010.
    • "In all my encounters with people, am I able to see the reality of the person rather than be swayed what I have been told or experienced of them before this moment? Can I act always without prejudice?"
  • "First Look: Luke 13:10-17," Lee Koontz, Reflectious, 2010.
    • "The language of bondage and freedom is not accidental.  Rather than observing the Sabbath as some moral obligation that shackles the people, Jesus uses it as an occasion to set the people free!"
  • "Standing Up Straight," Alyce McKenzie, Patheos, 2010.
    • "The exact thing that she cannot do and yearns to do is precisely the thing Jesus empowers her to do."
  • "Bent," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2010.
    • "What does it mean that she is bent over?"
  • "Which is more efficient? Planning or living moment to moment?" Heidi Jakoby, by the way, 2010.
  • Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2010.
  • Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
  • "Sabbath Freedom," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching.
    • "I am using a sabbath controversy story to preach against treating the sabbath as just another day. Jesus heals on the sabbath, yes. However, when Jesus heals the woman, he is not offering a model for seven-day-a-week ministry. In her commentary on Luke, Sharon Ringe says of this text, "The core question is not whether to keep the sabbath, but rather how to keep it" (187)."
  • "The Inevitable Victory of the Kingdom," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
  • "Jesus Can Heal Us from Anger," Dale Fletcher, Faith and Health Connection.
  • "A Problem of Perspective," a study from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • "Sabbath," "Adherence to the Law," wikipedia.
  • "Ironies, Paradoxes, and Balance," Lynne M. Baab, The Alban Institute.
    • "We expect our congregations to be places of health and healing, an oasis in the midst of the demands and stresses of daily life. Yet some people experience great pain in their congregations, pain that robs them of the comfort their faith could give them."
  • "The Obligation to Heal," Luke 13:10-17, John J. Kilgallen, Biblica, 2001.
    • "In this essay, there is noted the crucial difference between the key words dei= (13,14.16) and e!cestin(14,3) for the interpretations (and differences) between these two Sabbath cures. Also this essay notes the inherent unity of the cure of the bent woman with the call to repentance that precedes it."
  • "Miracles, In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings," Jerome H. Neyrey, University of Notre Dame, 1995.
    • "...we should attend to the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)."
  • "Magic, Miracles, and The Gospel," L. Michael White. PBS From Jesus to Christ.
    • "Probably in some ways, and more than any other issue within the development of early Christianity and the gospels tradition, miracles present one of the problematic areas."
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Berger, Teresa, "Off the Record," The Christian Century, 2004.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Clements, Keith W., "Ecumenism and the New Paradigm of Healing," Ecumenical Review, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Clifton-Soderstrom, Michelle, "Recalling Luke's Healer: Slave Doctoring as Liberative Healing," Ex Auditu, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Coffey, Kathy, "Of Spirits and Spines (Luke 13:10-17)," Theology Today, 1999. Poetry.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Green, Joel B., "Jesus and a Daughter of Abraham (Luke 13:10-17): Test Case for a Lucan Perspective on Jesus' Miracles," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Hamm, M. Dennis, SJ, "The Freeing of the Bent Woman and the Restoration of Israel: Luke 13.10-17 as Narrative Theology," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1987.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Isaak, Paul J., "Health and Healing as a Challenge to Christian Ethics and Diaconal Ministry of the Church," Black Theology, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Kipp, Judith G., "Holy Obedience," Brethren Life and Thought, 1993.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • May, David M., "The Straightened Woman (Luke 13:10-17): Paradise Lost and Regained," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1997.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Moore, Joy J., "Bearing Witness," The Christian Century, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Phelps, Stephen H., "Between Text & Sermon: Luke 13:10-17," Interpretation, 2001.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Shirock, Robert J., "The Growth of the Kingdom in light of Israel's Rejection of Jesus: Structure and Theology in Luke 13:1-35," Novum Testamentum, 1993.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Torgerson, Heidi, "The Healing of the Bent Woman: A Narrative Interpretation of Luke 13:10-17," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Ziegenhals, Gretchen E., "This Bridge Called My Back," The Christian Century, 1989.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• Sermons:
  • "Keeping the Sabbath Holy," Ruth Hamilton, Day 1, 2016.
  • "TGIF," Luke A. Powery, Faith & Leadership, 2013.
  • "God Has a Dream," the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Day 1, 2013.
  • "Bent and Broken," Pentecost +13, 26 August 2007, Luke Bouman, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
  • "Oh, I Didn't See You Standing There," the Rev. Bradley Schmeling, Day 1, 2004.
  • "Freedom from Religious Rules, Regulations and Rituals," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
  • "Beyond Change to Transformation," the Rev. Robert M. Holmes, Day 1, 2001.
  • Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
    • Ordinary 21, 2007
    • Ordinary 21, 2004
    • Ordinary 21, 2001
• With Children:
  • Worshiping with Children, Proper 16, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2016.
  • "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," 2016, Union Presbyterian Seminary.
  • "Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "All Bent Out of Shape," children's sermon, coloring page. Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons 4 Kids.
• Drama:
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
• Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
• Find Worship Resources & Suggested Other Readings for use with this text:
  • Proper 16C/Ordinary 21C
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Luke

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