Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
A large crowd with completely different diseases can all be cured simultaneously.
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What current science says
In any random crowd, you'll find people with completely unrelated conditions — heart disease, diabetes, asthma, broken bones, infections, cancers, autoimmune disorders, vision loss, and allergies. Each one has a different underlying mechanism and requires different treatment. A cardiologist can't cure your asthma, and an oncologist can't set your broken arm. That's why hospitals have dozens of specialized departments. The idea that one method could simultaneously fix every possible ailment in a crowd is like claiming one wrench can fix every machine ever built.
What the text says
This comes from Matthew 12:15. The text states that 'great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all' — implying that an entire crowd's worth of diverse medical conditions were resolved simultaneously, without diagnosis or individualized treatment.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
GEBible doesn't pick one of these for you. Each entry shows the passage, what it says, and what current science says — nothing more.