Matthew 4:23-24
Jesus Heals the Sick (literal from Greek)
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"Jesus, traveling throughout all of Galilee, began to teach with authority the gatherings of people, proclaiming the good news of the [arrival of God's] kingdom, while healing every disease(1), illness and sickness(2) among the people. This was [soon] heard about through all of Syria and all those who were afflicted and suffering with various illnesses, tortured and tormented by sickness and pain, demoniacs, epileptics and paralytics, were brought to Him, and He healed(3) them [all]."
(1) nosos - disease, sickness, malady - a chronic, persisting, incurable ailment.
(2) malakía - weakness, illness, sickness - a disease or condition that weakens (softens) the victim. An ailment that disables; "a debilitating infirmity" causing the body to lose muscle fiber, etc.
(3) therapeúō – to heal, reversing a physical condition to restore a person having an illness (disease, infirmity), as a physician prescribes and applies healing therapy.
Notes and thoughts:
Jesus taught the Word first, it energized people's faith, then the healing came and no one left the gatherings sick. The Greek words are very plain in that they include every kind of sickness, illness, and physical condition a human can suffer from.
The Galilee area is in the northern region of Israel, near Syria, which was also under Roman domination. Jews would later flee into the surrounding areas after the stoning of Stephen and the persecution of Saul, then after the great Jewish uprising beginning in 66 AD which failed, leading to the destruction of the temple and most of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 AD.
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