Luke 13:13-15

13:13 Then ¹  he placed his hands on her, and immediately ²  she straightened up and praised God. 13:14 But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ³  should be done! ⁴  So come ⁵  and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.” 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, ⁶  “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, ⁷  and lead it to water? ⁸ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn The healing took place immediately.

³ sn The irony is that Jesus’ “work” consisted of merely touching the woman. There is no sense of joy that eighteen years of suffering was reversed with his touch.

⁴ tn Grk “on which it is necessary to work.” This has been simplified in the translation.

⁵ tn The participle ἐρχόμενοι (ercomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁶ tn Grk “answered him and said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been shortened to “answered him.”

⁷ tn Grk “from the manger [feeding trough],” but by metonymy of part for whole this can be rendered “stall.”

⁸ sn The charge here is hypocrisy, but it is only part one of the response. Various ancient laws detail what was allowed with cattle; see Mishnah, m. Shabbat 5; CD 11:5-6.