The God of Freedom

Holy Trinity Winchester Podcast · Aug 25, 2025 · 16m

A Conflict on the Sabbath DayOur Gospel reading begins with a conflict between Jesus and the ruler of the synagogue on a particular Sabbath Day. Jesus had called a woman with a disabling spirit to himself. He had laid his hands on her and healed her. The ruler of the synagogue had taken exception to this, arguing that this counted as work and that it could have waited till one of the other days of the week.Before we look at Jesus’ response, we need to provide a little bit of background to understand what is going on here. After all, it might seem strange to us that a religious ruler would…