Luke 6:6 (LSB)

Passage

Now it happened that on another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

Luke 6:5 And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

Luke 6:7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

Luke 6:8 But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he stood up and came forward.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "happened", "another", "sabbath", "entered", "synagogue", "teaching", "whose", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "happened" and "another", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And He was saying to them The..." into verse 7's "And the scribes and the Pharisees were...", so "happened" and "another" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "happened" and "another" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.