^13:16Then⁴⁶ shouldn’t⁴⁷ this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan⁴⁸ bound for eighteen long⁴⁹ years, be released from this imprisonment⁵⁰ on the Sabbath day?”

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Footnotes

46 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to show the connection with Jesus’ previous statement.
47 Grk “is it not necessary that.” Jesus argues that no other day is more appropriate to heal a descendant of Abraham than the Sabbath, the exact opposite view of the synagogue leader.
48 Note that this is again a battle between Satan and God; see 11:18–23.
49 The word “long” reflects the emphasis added in the Greek text by ἰδού (idou). See 1.
50 Or “bondage”; Grk “bond.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for eighteen years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

NLTNew Living Translation

This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound eighteen long years—is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

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