And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. From the expression used in Luke 13:16, "whom Satan hath bound," it has been conjectured that her protracted infirmity was the effect of some milder form of possession; but this is a precarious inference. At all events she was "a daughter of Abraham," in the same gracious sense, no doubt, as Zaccheus after his conversion was "a son of Abraham" (Luke 19:9).
And was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.