Jesus as a Healer

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Jesus ismotivated bycompassion tobring relief to

the suffering ofthesick. Healing is

a part of Jesus'ministry to themasses, andhe becamewidel known


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Because of hisreputation as ahealer, Jesusattracts so many

people to himselfthat at times hemust takeextreme

measures, suchas making surethat he had aboat available to

him so that he


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Jesus himself sensesthat power has gone outof him for healing.


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While scholars exciseJesus' healings from thegospels on the

assumption, thepresupposition that healingmiracles as reported by the

gospels are impossible. Thehistorical Jesus did not heal

anyone, because to do so is


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But, somescholars assumed that

Jesus' healings werepsychosomatic in

nature: Jesus had suchan impact on men and

people that they were


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Jesus' Way of

Healing


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Jesus' Healing by Direct

Command A. Mark 2:1-12 = Matt 9:1-8 = Luke 5:17-26:

Healing of the paralytic.

B. Mark 3:1-6 = Matt 12:9-14 = Luke 6-6-11:

The healing of the man with a withered hand onthe Sabbath.

C. Matt 8:5-13 = Luke 7:1-10: The healing of thecenturion's servant.

D. Luke 17:11-19: The healing of the ten lepers. E. John 4:43-54: The healing of the official's

son.

F. John 5:1-15: The healing at pool ofBethesda.


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Jesus' Healing by Touch:

A. Mark 1:40-45 = Matt 8:1-4 = Luke 5:12-16:The healing of the leper by touch.

B. Mark 5:21-24a, 35-43 = Luke 8:40-42a,49-56: Healing of Jairus' (Dead) Daughter.(See Mark 5:23:) Jairus wanted Jesus to layhis hands on Jairus's daughter.)

C. Luke 22:50-51: The healing of theservant's ear by touching it.

D. Luke 7:11-17: The touching of a casketand raising of a dead child.

E. Luke 13:10-14: The healing the womanwho is bent over by laying on of hands.


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Jesus' Healing by Being Touched:

Mark 5:24b-34 = Matt 9:20-22

= Luke 8:42b-48: The healing ofthe woman with the bleedingproblem by touching Jesus'

clothes.


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Jesus' Healing by Application of

Secondary Means: A. Mark 7:33-37: The healing of a dumb man

by putting fingers in his ears and applying

spit to the tongue. B. Mark 8:22-26: The healing of a blind man

by the application of spit to the eyes.

C. John 9:1-3, 6-12: The healing of the blind

man by the application of mud made of spit

to the eyes followed bathing.


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Jesus also gave his disciples (the

twelve and the seventy-two) theauthority to heal:

Matt 10:1-16 = Mark 6:7-11; 3:13-19 =

Luke 9:1-5; 6:12-16; 10:2-12): Jesus sends

out his disciples to preach, exorcize and to

heal. In Mark 6:13, it is said that the disciples

anointed the sick with (olive) oil and by thismeans healed them.


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Luke 10:1-12: Jesus sends out theseventy-two, instructing them among

other things to heal and say, "The

Kingdom of God has come uponyou." (See Matt 9:37-38; 10:7-16;

Matt seems to conflate the accounts

from Mark and the double tradition.)


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* Healing in the ancient world:

In both Jewish and Hellenistic

cultures healing was a fixed part; thephenomenon of healing in the ancient

world, according to Kee's thesis, can

be divided into three types: medicine,miracle and magic.


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1. Medicine:Medicine is a method of

diagnosis of human ailments andprescription for them based on

combinations of theory about and

observation of the body, itsfunctions and malfunctions.


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2. Miracle:It embodies the claim that healing

can be accomplished throughappeal to and subsequent actionby the gods, either directly or

through a chosen intermediaryagent.


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3.Magic:

A technique through word or act

through which a desired end is

achieved, whether that ends lies

in the solution to the seeker's

problem or in damage to theenemy who caused the problem.


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Jesus healed all

who were brought tohim, not simply oneor two individuals at

different times. Jesus'ability to heal

universally wouldcertainly have

commended him tothe masses as anextraordinary

individual.

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