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The many layers of the story of the women bent double in Luke 13
['Ian Paul']
Psephizo
This is the first mention of Jesus teaching in the synagogue since Luke 6.6, when he also heals someone there on the Sabbath, and he never does so again in Luke—in fact, synagogues are mentioned less in Luke than they are in Acts, when Paul consistently proclaims the good news about Jesus in synagogues first, making it clear that the Jesus movement is primarily a Jewish renewal movement before it is a Gentile movement. First panel Second panel Bent woman gets Jesus attention (13.11) Synagogue ruler’s words get Jesus’ attention (13.14) Jesus calls the woman and cures her (13.12–13a) Jesus reacts to the ruler’s words (13.15–16) Twofold results of Jesus’ action (13.13b) Twofold results of Jesus’ words (13.17) a.