All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.
A person's body can emit a healing energy field that cures anyone who physically touches them.
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What current science says
The human body does emit measurable energy: infrared radiation (heat), tiny electrical signals from the heart and brain, and a weak biomagnetic field about a billion times weaker than Earth's magnetic field. None of these have any therapeutic effect on other people. The electromagnetic field from your body is so weak it requires a SQUID magnetometer in a shielded room just to detect it. 'Healing energy' has been tested in controlled studies — practitioners couldn't even detect the presence of a human hand near theirs when blinded, let alone cure diseases. Physics accounts for every force your body produces. Healing radiation isn't one of them.
What the text says
This comes from Luke 6:19. The text says 'there went virtue out of him, and healed them all' — describing a literal healing force radiating outward from one person's body into anyone who touches them.
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.