When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick; and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
Physical contact with a healer's body can cure every known disease simultaneously.
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What current science says
There is no mechanism in medicine by which skin-to-skin contact cures disease — let alone every disease at once. Diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, genetic mutations, organ failure, and hundreds of other specific causes, each requiring different treatments. A single treatment that cures cancer, diabetes, blindness, and infections simultaneously doesn't exist because these conditions have completely unrelated causes. Even our best modern drugs each target only one or two specific mechanisms.
What the text says
This comes from Matthew 14:35-36. The text says people 'brought unto him all that were diseased' and 'as many as touched were made perfectly whole' — a 100% cure rate across all conditions from a single touch.
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.