List of healing miracles in the Bible
This list summarizes some of the healing miracles in the Bible .
Also included in the list are the casting out of demons, since possession by unclean spirits was considered in ancient times to explain diseases such as mental disorders or epilepsy. Raising the dead is also included in this list as a special form of healing.
Healing miracles in the Old Testament
| wonder | Bible passage |
|---|---|
| Raising the dead son of the widow of Zarephath by Elijah | 1 Kings 17.17-24 EU |
| Raising the dead son of the Shunammite by Elisa | 2 Kings 4,8–37 EU |
| Healing of Naaman from leprosy by Elisha | 2 Kings 5 : 1–16 EU |
| Healing King Hezekiah | 2 Kings 20.1–11 EU , Isa 38.1–8 EU |
Healing miracle of Jesus
| wonder | Bible passage |
|---|---|
| Healing of a man possessed in the synagogue in Capernaum | Mk 1.21-28 EU , Lk 4.31-37 EU |
| Healing of Peter's mother-in-law and other sick people | Mt 8,14–17 EU , Mk 1,29–34 EU , Lk 4,38–41 EU |
| Healing the sick in Galilee | Mt 4,23-25 EU |
| Healing a leper | Mt 8,1–4 EU , Mk 1,40–45 EU , Lk 5,12–16 EU |
| Healing of the servant of the Captain of Capernaum | Mt 8.5–13 EU , Luke 7.1–10 EU |
| Healing of two possessed people in the Gadareni region | Mt 8.28–34 EU , Lk 8.26–39 EU |
| Healing a paralyzed man | Mt 9,1–8 EU , Mk 2,1–12 EU , Lk 5,17–26 EU |
| Healing of the bloody woman and raising of the daughter of Jairus | Mt 9,18–26 EU , Mk 5,21–43 EU , Lk 8,40–56 EU |
| Healing two blind people | Mt 9.27-31 EU |
| Healing a mute | Mt 9,32–34 EU , Lk 11,14–16 EU |
| Healing of a withered hand on the Sabbath | Mt 12,9–14 EU , Mk 3,1–6 EU , Lk 6,6–11 EU |
| The raising of the youth of Naïn | Lk 7.11-17 EU |
| Healings at the Sea of Galilee | Mt 14.34-36 EU , Mk 6.53-56 EU , Lk 6.6-11 EU |
| Distant healing of the daughter of a Canaanite woman | Mt 15.21–28 EU , Mk 7.24–30 EU |
| More healings at the Galilean Sea | Mt 15.29-31 EU , Mk 7.31-37 EU |
| Healing of the blind in Bethsaida | Mk 8.22-26 EU |
| Healing of an epileptic boy | Mt 17,14-21 EU , Mk 9,14-29 EU , Lk 9,38-42 EU |
| Healing a blind and dumb man | Mt 12.22 EU |
| Healing a crooked woman on the Sabbath | Lk 13.10-17 EU |
| Healing a dropsy on the Sabbath | Luke 14.1–6 EU |
| Healing of the ten lepers | Lk 17.11-19 EU |
| Healing of the blind at Jericho | Mt 20.29–34 EU , Mk 10.46–52 EU , Lk 18.35–43 EU |
| Healing of the son of a royal official in Capernaum | Jn 4.46-53 EU |
| Healing of the paralyzed man in Bethesda | Joh 5,1-18 EU |
| Healing of a man born blind at the pool of Siloam | Jn 9 : 1-7 EU |
| Raising Lazarus from the dead | Jn 11: 1-44 EU |
More healing miracles in the New Testament
The commission and the power to heal were passed on by Jesus to his disciples:
"But he called the twelve together and gave them authority and power over all demons and so that they could heal diseases and sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick."
| wonder | Bible passage |
|---|---|
| Healing miracles through the sent disciples | Mt 10.1 EU , Mk 6.13 EU , Lk 9.11 EU |
| Casting out demons in the name of Jesus by a non-disciple | Mk 9.38-41 EU , Lk 9.49-50 EU |
| Peter heals a paralyzed man | Acts 3,1-16 EU |
| Indefinite number of healings by Peter in Jerusalem | Acts 5 : 12-16 EU |
| Healing of many possessed, paralyzed and crippled people by Philip in Samaria | Acts 8,7 EU |
| Healing of the blind Saul | Acts 9.17-18 EU |
| Raising the Tabita | Acts 9.36-42 EU |
| Healing of a paralyzed man in Lystra | Acts 14 : 8-10 EU |
| Healings of the sick in Ephesus | Acts 19.12 EU |
| Eutychus is raised from the dead by Paul | Acts 20 : 8-12 EU |
| Healing of Publius 's father and other sick people in Malta | Acts 28 : 8-9 EU |
| Healing of the terminally ill Epaphroditus | Phil 2.25-27 EU |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 1198