Jesus heals the blind and mute
Section 59
HEALING BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC
(Probably Capernaum)
MATT 9:27-34
Jesus restores sight to two blind men and tells them not to tell others about this. The men do anyway. Jesus heals a mute man with a demon who is then able to speak.
These miracles are presented by Matthew succinctly and without comment. Two things occurred to me after thinking about these miracles 1) blind or disabled people do not always have a spiritual reason for their sickness 2) Jesus just healed people sometimes with no "point" or larger lesson.
His impulse to heal is a mystery to me---why are some incidents fleshed out and others not? Why did he sometimes heal (as he did the two blind men), then tell them not to tell about it. I know all the pat answers about too many people pressing in on him, the time for that not being right or full, but I still wonder at why these incidents are reported to us.
Did he have great compassion on all who were sick or disabled?
HEALING BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC
(Probably Capernaum)
MATT 9:27-34
Jesus restores sight to two blind men and tells them not to tell others about this. The men do anyway. Jesus heals a mute man with a demon who is then able to speak.
These miracles are presented by Matthew succinctly and without comment. Two things occurred to me after thinking about these miracles 1) blind or disabled people do not always have a spiritual reason for their sickness 2) Jesus just healed people sometimes with no "point" or larger lesson.
His impulse to heal is a mystery to me---why are some incidents fleshed out and others not? Why did he sometimes heal (as he did the two blind men), then tell them not to tell about it. I know all the pat answers about too many people pressing in on him, the time for that not being right or full, but I still wonder at why these incidents are reported to us.
Did he have great compassion on all who were sick or disabled?
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