<p>13:11 <i>And a woman was there who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years; she was bent over and could in no way straighten herself</i>- Bullinger has some interesting comments upon the woman with an unclean &ldquo;spirit of infirmity&rdquo; (Lk. 13:11) that resulted in her being unable to lift herself up straight. &ldquo;The negative is <i>me</i>, not <i>ou</i>; and is therefore subjective. She <i>felt as if </i>she could not do so&hellip; it appears, therefore, to have been a <i>nervous disorder</i>; and had to do with her <i>pneuma</i>&rdquo; or mind. And yet she is described as having been &lsquo;bound by Satan&rsquo;. The &lsquo;Satan&rsquo; or adversary to her standing upright was her own mindset. And it was this spirit or mindset &ldquo;of infirmity&rdquo; from which the Lord released her. Here we clearly see the connection between &lsquo;spirits&rsquo; and mental disorder or dysfunction; for &lsquo;spirit&rsquo; in Scripture so often refers to the psychological mindset of a person.</p><p>The description of the woman has several links with the time of the Judges; there were two periods of 18 year domination (Jud. 3:14; 10:18), and they were likewise stooping in affliction and unable to stand up in their own strength because of the power of their oppressors. She was a &quot;daughter of Abraham&quot; (:16), representative of Israel. All the judges / saviours of Israel pointed forward to the Lord as Israel's 'Jesus', Yah's salvation.</p>