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 , "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" ().

And was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

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