Yet our flesh does not like God's goodness. Paul Heals a Girl with a Demon. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 4:20). It is the only one, according to Scripture, that the Apostle Paul performing. Individually, Peter walked on the water with Jesus (Mark 14: 28-31). The reason Epaphroditus was not healed is not stated in the text. How many times did Jesus heal the blind? The one time the Bible mentions why people did not receive healing is in Matthew 13:58 (and Mark 6:5-6). Dave: See, if you read Verse 10—let's read it again:"And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him."Well, it doesn't specifically say he raised him from the dead, but see, this is kind of a language of a man of God.He's not going to say, I just raisedhim from the dead.As . He desires to act with kindness and gentleness towards human beings. 33:24) those who are blind will . He listened to Paul speaking. It is not always God's will to heal a person physically. ; fastening his eyes upon for stedfastly beholding, A.V. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.". We cannot possibly know all the reasons why God chooses to heal or not to heal. 5:23) instead of sending him a blessed handkerchief as he'd done before . Copy. peirasmos) ( Acts 20:19 ), is the same word which is also used in the phrase "my . On the way, a messenger said not to bother because the girl had died. Matthew 9:21). You see there… Bible puzzles are a great way to pass time while learning scripture—and here's a brand-new collection of 99 crosswords sure to satisfy. May 17, 2007 #3. "Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his . Philippians 2:25-30. 4:9-13). It is the only one, according to Scripture, that the Apostle Paul performing. God heals because He is compassionate. Since Paul was a Roman citizen, he would have been given three names at birth. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. God causes all things to work for our good, even sickness, and, yes, even death. 17 She followed Paul and us crying out, "These are servants of the Highest God. Jairus' Daughter. Acts 9 - Paul's Blindness. ( Acts 14:8) He was listening to Paul preach the gospel. Paul is commonly regarded as one of the most influential figures of the Apostolic Age. At Lystra, there was a man that has been crippled from birth. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed (Acts 14:8-9, emphasis mine). Which relation of Jairus did Jesus heal? As Paul said, "To live is Christ, and to die is gain . This is the power of Paul's apron. Nevertheless, he was perhaps . Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. Acts of the Apostles, written perhaps fifty years later, did attribute quite similar miracles to both Peter and Paul . Answer. . Some Ephesians in Acts 19 believed that healing power was concentrated in articles of Paul's clothing (cf. Scholars put the birth year of Paul between 2 to 6 years after the birth of . Paul "healed" Publius' father by prayer and faith (28:8), but Luke cured the sick people with medical treatment (28:9; Harnack 1907: 179. The resurrection back from the dead, in Troas, is one of the rarest miracles in the Bible. Evidently Paul did not have the ability to heal everyone whom he wished would be healthy, even his fellow workers. Answer (1 of 2): According to Acts 14:8-10, Paul's first miraculous cure was of a lame man in Lystra, however this is improbably similar to Peter's first cure in Acts of the Apostles. It was done so they could believe. We can assume that this was not his first involvement in arresting believers and we can assume that, although he may not ever have been the one to actually throw stones, he was a . But Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; only believe, and your daughter will be healed." Verse 9. If Paul (also) had a few aches and pains (or other disease) that God chose to NOT heal, then God (as usual) is the person who decides whether a particular person gets a healing or not. Ad line of evidence stems from Hebrew 2:3-4s Thes. Acts 20:10-12. Background Reading: Paul at Lystra. 28:3-10; Ramsay 1956: 16-17). Problem: In the Book of Acts, Paul healed the sick and even raised the dead (Acts 20:9-10). God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.3 As for Saul, he made . They are telling you how to be saved from the punishment of sin." 18 She did this many days. Even in the New Testament, Paul had to explain to Timothy, "I left Trophimus sick in Miletus.". Paul was a couple of years younger than Jesus. | Antioch | Damascus | Jericho | Lystra | . God has given us each a work to do for Him and His healing power flows through us as we do the work. Her owner made much money from her power. The same word 9 is employed in chapter 14, where Paul will heal a man who was lame from the womb: 8 In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. This happened while Paul was in the city of Lystra. It's not stated in the verse that Paul prayed for . The Apostle Paul was one of the most influential leaders of the early Christian church. Answer. ); seeing for perceiving, A.V. Pe. Paul's frequency of healing declined with the passing of time: Galatians 4:13-15. Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and began . men Paul failed to heal, their circumstances, and arguments that Paul would have healed them if he could thir. Paul leaves the city on Sunday morning . ; made whole for healed, A.V. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean.". : This book of the Bible is a letter written by Paul to a man whose slave has run away from him. Healing comes from God. Healing of the sick is one sign of the kingdom, a proclamation that it is breaking into this present age, and God does sovereignly intend in certain situations to heal people as such a proclamation. Here are nine things the Bible says about healing and praying for healing. Acts 28:7-10. There is great resemblance between this miracle of healing, and that of the lame man laid at the . However, we do know what the Bible says when people received and when people did not receive. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. The spiritual and physical go hand-in-hand in a healing ministry. But not everyone is healed. The events that unfold in Acts 21 set the direction for Paul's life for years to come and is the direction for the rest of the book of Acts. But here, he apparently could not even heal a needed coworker. In this world, we will have tribulation, but we ought not to fear because He has overcome this world. (see above, Acts 1:10; Acts 3:4, etc. The man jumped up and walked! Paul pleads for the slave to be received home again because they are all brothers in the Lord. The third was Paul's Latin name, Paullus. 12:8-9), or from the ailment he suffered when he preached in Galatia (Gal. Lk.17:11-19 Jesus healed all 10 but only one obeyed showing that he was the only one to possess true saving faith. Paul, whose original name was Saul, took the name familiar to us after his conversion to Christianity. (see above, Acts 1:10; Acts 3:4, etc. Given the multitude of Scriptures connecting faith to healing, we must conclude that sometimes healing does not occur because of a lack of faith, or better, the pleasing kind of faith that God honors. He has never walked. 16 One day as we were going to the place to pray, we met a servant-girl who could tell what was going to happen in the future by a demon she had. Epaphroditus was ill (A.D. 60) I have been healed instantly myself. Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And he seemed to be in the same kind of bonds during his second imprisonment, with people being able to visit him, and even stay with him (2 Tim. Acts 1:21-25 ), there are no apostles on earth today. - Speaking for speak, A.V. 1. in "Dictionary of the Bible" says that "Greek (name) Epaphras is a shortened form of Greek Epaphroditus…. For the original eleven plus Matthias, that work was prayer and the preaching of the Word. The first case, in which a single man is healed, appears in Matthew 8:2-4; Mark 1:40-45; and Luke 5:12-16. But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him 3. Paul's native province of Cilicia was well known for producing and exporting a goat-hair cloth sought after for making tents. In Acts 3 God's power was demonstrated through Peter and John when a lame man was healed. Diseases, suffering, and death are never from God. (Ver 1.5) Today is the beginning of another in-depth spiritual study about "Understanding where sickness and disease came from". Background Reading: Paul at Lystra. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will . Paul and his travel companions meet with the elders of the Jerusalem church and tells them about all that God had done among the Gentiles. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. At Lystra, there was a man that has been crippled from birth. The resurrection back from the dead, in Troas, is one of the rarest miracles in the Bible. And in 2 Cor 12:12 we read, "Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.". In this particular story, the pool of Bethesda is notable because it provided an avenue for healing, yet it's hard to tell if the man was taking advantage of it. Since Paul was the last apostle ( 1 Cor. And I'm not trying to instill unbelief. I have been teaching a lot on the subject of Bible Faith and I got a comment that caused me to back up and think that I was teaching potentially in reverse order. ( Acts 14:5) And when Paul and Barnabas became aware what was happening, they left and went to Lystra. On one occasion he even healed everyone in an entire city (Acts 28:9). We can believe Him to, but we cannot require Him to. The hidden things belong to the Lord. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. While this blindness might be explained as the result of the theophany (he looked into a bright light and was physically damaged as a result, Acts 22:11 more or less implied this). Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will shout for joy." Because of God's healing power (cf. Two different Greek words are used in this passage for healing. Paul started more than a dozen churches, and he's traditionally considered the . 14:8 Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. For Paul this was church planting and tentmaking. The sole reason given is unbelief. Paul was a couple of years younger than Jesus. What matters is this—the apostles did their work. Paul discerned through the Holy Spirit that this man had faith to be healed. If we apply this today those who have enough faith for their own healing can apply it to everyone else to be healed. The Father has the power to heal the whole person. Paul heals the people of Malta. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate . Scholars put the birth year of Paul between 2 to 6 years after the birth of . e three areas of evidenc indi­e cate that miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit were no longer being distributed to the body of Christ by the end of the first century, but Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. Paul the Apostle Paul the Apostle, commonly known as Saint Paul, was an eventual follower of Jesus (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who professed the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Since there aren't any apostles on earth to lay hands on people, it is impossible for people to perform miracles today. Copy. May 17, 2007. Verse 9. The second healing of lepers, involving ten men, is found only in Luke 17 . According to Acts 19:11-12, Paul also had extraordinary powers of healing. 1. Sometimes God's blessings come in other ways besides physical healing. A person may sincerely pray and truly have faith that God can heal, but if it is not God's will to provide the healing at that time, then no healing will come (see 1 John 5:14 ). There was a violent attempt by both the Jews and Gentiles to stone Paul and Barnabas! But now they tell Paul the problem. Paul leaves the city on Sunday morning . Paul was afflicted. He took advantage of his standing as both a Jew and a . Answer (1 of 15): All of Jesus' 12 disciples worked miracles. And when He saw her, Jesus called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you have . He had been crippled from birth and had never . 3. The truth is, we do not know exactly why a person fails to receive. Paul had a thorn; Paul left someone sick somewhere (it's Trophimus in Miletus, see 2 Tim 4:20) and; Paul told Timothy to drink wine for his frequent stomach problems (1 Tim 5:23). After the fall, the disease came in. ; fastening his eyes upon for stedfastly beholding, A.V. Paul's Latin name was a better fit for the predominantly Roman . 4:13-14). (also Lk8:54). And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.3 As for Saul, he made . He was able to Heal others, cast out demons, and raise people from the dead. The Islanders of Malta have seen Paul bitten by a very poisonous snake and have no ill effects and live. The cloth was woven from the long-hair of a peculiar breed of goats native to the area. Paul wrote in one of his epistles: "Trophimus have I left at Miletus sick." Now, apparently Paul was not directed by God to heal Trophimus. When Jesus was in Capernaum, Jairus, a leader in the synagogue, begged him to heal his 12-year-old daughter because she was dying. Paul never met Jesus during his brief years of ministry. This is a very common verse to used against, that it's always Gods will to heal and that divine healing is included in the atonement. Concerning the Messiah's role as healer it was clearly prophesied in passages like Isaiah 35:5-6: "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Paul speaks of a "thorn in the flesh" in 2 Corinthians 12:7. He heals the father of a high official and cures the ills of all the sick islanders, then spends the winter . Following is a list of the 8 who were healed: #1. Our God is not the source of pain. The Bible does not answer this question directly, so we can only infer by the example of others. Apparently, there is an important link between faith and healing. In Bible days God used different methods to heal people, and He is still doing that today. Solution: There are two possible responses to this. ( Acts 14:8) He was listening to Paul preach the gospel. In which city did Paul heal the man who was crippled from birth? 14:8 Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. When Paul received the ability to work the miraculous gifts is not stated anywhere in the New Testament. Paul heals a man crippled from birth by speaking to him. Only ten people have been documented to have been resurrected back to a physical life (Christ was brought back to life as a Spirit Being). 5:23), or Epaphroditus from his life threatening illness (2 Tim. Matthew 9:28-29; Mark 2:5, Luke 17:19; Acts 3:16; James 5:14-16 . Paul heals a man crippled from birth by speaking to him. No Scripture condemns the legitimate use of doctors or medical science, but one of the names of God is Jehovah-Rapha meaning "the Lord who heals.". I have seen others healed instantly that I have prayed for. 15:8; cf. This happened while Paul was in the city of Lystra. Don't think healing must come in one set way, don't be a Naaman, a man who wanted the miracle his way. The Bible shows Christ healing people of leprosy twice during His ministry. Mk.5:35-43 The daughter of Jairus was healed from the fathers faith and asking. He founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Peter heals a man who had been lame his entire life (we learn later in Acts 4:22 that the man was over 40 years old): One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. ( Mt 9:27-31) Jesus gave sight to "two" blind . Paul's native province of Cilicia was well known for producing and exporting a goat-hair cloth sought after for making tents. Other occurrences in the Bible are cited at: Luke 10: 1 when Jesus sent the Seventy first Believers out and commanded them, "to heal the sick and say to them, The kin. Many explanations have been put forward, but whether Paul is referring to a physical, spiritual, or emotional affliction—or something else entirely—has never been answered with satisfaction. ; made whole for healed, A.V. Acts 19:11-12. Some people today put their trust in handkerchiefs that have been "prayed over," in relics of the saints, or in holy water. He calls it "a messenger of Satan" that had a purpose of "torment.". And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. But it is likely the original readers of the . ! This is the heart of our God. Paul himself never claimed to have performed any miracles. The three parallel accounts provide a more complete witness by adding valuable details. He took advantage of his standing as both a Jew and a . A: Jesus healed quite a few blind people. There is great resemblance between this miracle of healing, and that of the lame man laid at the . When Paul saw that he had faith to be healed, Paul said in a loud voice: "Stand up straight on your feet!". Heard.The force of the imperfect ἤκουε would, perhaps, be better given by "listened" to Paul speaking. He is described as being an . We know he lost his power to heal during his first imprisonment, however, when he gave Timothy medical advice (1 Tim. With clues drawn from the breadth and width of scripture, 99 Bible Crosswords will challenge . clear. We are shown 8 specific people who were given their sight, and we have two more instances where we aren't told how many people Jesus restored sight to. Paul's Healing at Lystra: Acts 14:8-10. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. However, two broad categories shine forth in the Scriptures: 1. Matt. God never intended for man to die. Trophimus was not instantly healed because the plan of God was not to use him as a sign for unbelievers, but to strengthen the faith of Trophimus and the believers around him. Q: #528. Jesus' third of three recorded synagogue miracles, mentioned only in Luke, took place sometime between the fall of 29 A.D. and spring 30 A.D. A woman, suffering from an affliction that caused her to be bent forward for eighteen years, is healed at Sabbath services.