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LUKE 13:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 13:9Luke 13:11
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing — the two-reaction formula characterizes the contested reception of Jesus throughout Luke. The humiliation of opponents and the delight of the crowd are both appropriate responses to the kingdom's arrival: one party perceives the challenge to their authority, the other perceives the fulfillment of their hopes.

Church Fathers on Luke 13:10

He soon explained that He had been speaking of the synagogue, showing, that He truly came to it, who preached in it, as it is said, And he was teaching in one of the synagogues.

Ambrose · 4th century

He teaches indeed not separately, but in the synagogues; calmly, neither wavering in any thing, nor determining aught against the law of Moses; on the Sabbath also, because the Jews were then engaged in the hearing of the law.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Now that the Incarnation of the Word was manifested to destroy corruption and death, and the hatred of the devil against us, is plain from the actual events; for it follows, And behold there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity, &c. He says spirit of infirmity, because the woman suffered from the cruelty of the devil, forsaken by God because of her own crimes or for the transgression of Adam, on account of which the bodies of men incur infirmity and death. But God…

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century
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