And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. In that synagogue setting He saw a woman who had been bent over by infirmity for eighteen years, and He healed her. The Sabbath was His busiest day for healing the sick, when He especially reached people who were occupied with work during the week. On that day He went about as a compassionate healer, speaking words of comfort and love and gladly and willingly restoring suffering people to health.
His healing work in that Sabbath setting, speaking to comfort the sick and heal them, was extensive, beyond counting. It showed that His work reached the whole world. Such merciful work was in harmony with the Sabbath and its sanctification, not a violation of it. The healing revealed divine power and brought joy and praise, leading the woman and others to glorify God.
The ruler of the synagogue treated the healing as forbidden work. His indignation obscured the Sabbath's purpose of mercy. The angry response of the synagogue rulers discouraged some who admired Jesus from confessing faith, for fear of being excluded and losing human approval.
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. In that synagogue setting He saw a woman who had been bent over by infirmity for eighteen years, and He healed her. The Sabbath was His busiest day for healing the sick, when He especially reached people who were occupied with work during the week. On that day He went about as a compassionate healer, speaking words of comfort and love and gladly and willingly restoring suffering people to health.
His healing work in that Sabbath setting, speaking to comfort the sick and heal them, was extensive, beyond counting. It showed that His work reached the whole world. Such merciful work was in harmony with the Sabbath and its sanctification, not a violation of it. The healing revealed divine power and brought joy and praise, leading the woman and others to glorify God.
The ruler of the synagogue treated the healing as forbidden work. His indignation obscured the Sabbath's purpose of mercy. The angry response of the synagogue rulers discouraged some who admired Jesus from confessing faith, for fear of being excluded and losing human approval.