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From [[Commentators and Authorities#Hobart|William Kirk Hobart]], ''The Medical Language of Luke {{3dots}}''
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Luke, vii. 21: And in the same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits (ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν).
Luke, vii. 21: And in the same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits (ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν).
In this passage diseases are divided into two classes — νόσοι and μαστίγες &mdash; chronic and acute (νόσος = χρόνια κακο- πάθεια, Theophyl.). Aretaeus, who wrote about St. Luke’s time, makes a similar division, his medical works treating of the signs, causes, and cure of (1) acute and (2) chronic disease.
In this passage diseases are divided into two classes — νόσοι and μαστίγες &mdash; chronic and acute (νόσος = χρόνια κακο- πάθεια, Theophyl.). Aretaeus, who wrote about St. Luke’s time, makes a similar division, his medical works treating of the signs, causes, and cure of (1) acute and (2) chronic disease. </blockquote>


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See [[The Language of the Bible with Reference to Natural Things#med]]
See [[The Language of the Bible with Reference to Natural Things#med]]

Latest revision as of 00:44, 2 June 2022

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21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.


From William Kirk Hobart, The Medical Language of Luke . . . 

Luke, vii. 21: And in the same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits (ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν).

In this passage diseases are divided into two classes — νόσοι and μαστίγες — chronic and acute (νόσος = χρόνια κακο- πάθεια, Theophyl.). Aretaeus, who wrote about St. Luke’s time, makes a similar division, his medical works treating of the signs, causes, and cure of (1) acute and (2) chronic disease.


See The Language of the Bible with Reference to Natural Things#med