# this daughter of Abraham "this descendant of Abraham" # whom Satan bound "whom Satan kept crippled by her illness" or "whom Satan bound with this disease" # eighteen long years The word "long" here emphasizes that eighteen years was a very long time for the woman to suffer. # should her bonds not be untied on the Sabbath day? Jesus speaks about the woman's disease as if it were ropes that bound her. Alternate translation: "it is right to untie the bonds of her illness on the Sabbath day."