Healing

God as the author of healing

Ex 15:26; Ps 103:2–3

See also Lk 5:15

General aspects of healing

Requests for healing

2 Kings 20:1–11 LEB

In those days Hezekiah became deathly ill, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Command your house, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’ ” Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying, “O Yahweh, please remember how I went about before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and remember the good that I have done in your eyes.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah had not gone out from the middle of the city when the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “Return; you must say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘Thus says Yahweh the God of David your ancestor, “I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears. Look, I am about to heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the temple of Yahweh. I will add to your days fifteen years, and from the hand of the king of Assyria I will deliver you and this city. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.” ’ ” Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of figs,” so they took and put it on the skin sores, and he lived. Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that Yahweh will heal me that I shall go up on the third day to the temple of Yahweh?” Isaiah said, “This is the sign for you from Yahweh that Yahweh will do the thing that he has promised: Shall the shadow advance ten steps or shall it return ten steps?” Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backwards ten steps.” Isaiah the prophet called to Yahweh, and he brought back the shadow on the steps where it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz, backwards ten steps.

See also 2 Ki 1:2; Jas 5:14

Quarantine regulations

Le 12:1–4; Le 13:4; Le 13:26; Le 13:46; Le 14:8; Nu 5:2; Nu 31:19; 2 Ki 15:5; Lk 17:12

Healing results in discipleship

Mark 10:52 LEB

And Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” And immediately he regained his sight and began to follow him on the road.

See also Jn 6:2

Healing results in praise

Acts 3:8–9 LEB

And leaping up, he stood and began walking around and entered into the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

See also Mk 2:12; Jn 9:30–33; Jn 9:38

Miraculous healing

By Jesus Christ

Mt 8:2–3; Lk 4:18

See also Mt 9:27–30; Mt 14:34–36; Mt 15:21–28; Mk 1:32–34; Lk 6:17–19; Lk 8:48; Lk 9:11; Lk 17:19

Through the prophets

1 Ki 17:17–24; 2 Ki 4:29–37; 2 Ki 5:10–14

Through the apostles

Mt 10:1; Ac 3:6–8; Ac 5:15–16; Ac 9:34; Ac 14:8–10; Ac 19:11–12; Ac 28:8–9

In the church

1 Corinthians 12:8–9 LEB

For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

See also Mk 16:17–18; 1 Co 12:28; 1 Co 12:30

Healing of fever

Mt 8:15; Jn 4:46–54

Healing of demon-possession

Mt 9:32–33; Mt 12:22; Mk 5:1–20; Mk 9:17–27; Ac 16:16–19; Ac 19:11–12

Healing withheld

2 Co 12:8–9; 2 Ti 4:20

Medical treatments to bring healing

Consulting doctors

2 Ch 16:12; Mt 9:12

See also Je 8:22; Col 4:14

Taking medicine

1 Timothy 5:23 LEB

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)

Disinfecting the house

Leviticus 14:41–42 LEB

Then they shall scrape off the plaster from all around the house, and they shall pour out the plaster, which they scraped off, outside the city on an unclean place. And they shall take other stones, and they shall put them in place of those stones, and they shall take other plaster, and they shall replaster the house.

Using splints

Ezekiel 30:21 LEB

“Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, I have broken. And look, it has not been bound up for giving of a remedy, or for the placing of a splint to bind it up to make it strong to take hold of the sword.”

Using bandages and oil

Isaiah 1:6 LEB

From the sole of the foot and up to the head there is no health in it; bruise and sore and bleeding wound have not been cleansed, and they have not been bound up and not softened with the oil.

See also Lk 10:34

The spiritual significance of healing

As an image of salvation

Ps 41:4; Ps 103:2–5; Ps 147:3; Je 3:22; Je 14:19; Je 17:14; Eze 47:12; Ho 6:1; Mal 4:2; Mt 8:17; Is 53:4–5

Heaven is the place of ultimate healing

Revelation 21:4 LEB

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any longer, and mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer. The former things have passed away.”

See also Ro 8:18; Re 22:2