The Story-Line of
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect
LESSON 4: HEALING PARTS OF
THE BODY: FROM THE FEET UP TO
THE MOUTH AND EARS
Christian miracle rhetorolect in the Gospels and the
Acts of the Apostles often focuses on individual parts of the
body that need to be healed.
It is instructive to begin with healing of the feet and
continue up the body to healings of the eyes at the top of the
head.
This lesson will present healings only from the feet up
to the mouth and ears.
Lesson 5 will focus on healing of people who are blind.
 Click to read about Isaiah’s statements about healing.
Hebrew Bible Resource
In addition to Isaiah 26:19, which speaks of the
dead being raised to life, the prophetic book of Isaiah
envisions a time when people’s bodies will be healed,
from their lame feet up to their blind eyes, in the context of
renewal of the earth and land.
 Click to read statements in the prophetic book of
Isaiah about healing.
Hebrew Bible Resource:
ISAIAH SPEAKS OF HEALING OF THE BODY IN
THE CONTEXT OF RENEWAL OF EARTH AND LAND
Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the
feeble knees.
35:4 Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be
afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s
retribution. He will come and save you.”
 Click for continuation of statements in Isaiah.
Hebrew Bible Resource:
ISAIAH SPEAKS OF HEALING OF THE BODY IN THE
CONTEXT OF RENEWAL OF EARTH AND LAND cont.
Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and
the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;
35:6 then the lame will leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing;
For waters will break out in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
35:7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty
ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be
in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
 Click for continuation of statements in Isaiah.
Hebrew Bible Resource:
ISAIAH SPEAKS OF HEALING OF THE BODY IN THE
CONTEXT OF RENEWAL OF EARTH AND LAND cont.
Isaiah 29:17 Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will
be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be
regarded as a forest?
29:18 In that day, the deaf will hear the word of the book,
and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of
darkness.
 Click for Christian miracle rhetorolect that uses words
of Isaiah.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT PRESENTS
JESUS RECONFIGURING WORDS FROM ISAIAH TO
SUMMARIZE HIS MIRACULOUS WORKS
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW AND LUKE, JESUS SUMMARIZES HIS
MIRACULOUS WORKS WITH WORDS OF ISAIAH
Luke 7:18 The disciples of John told him about all these things.
7:19 John, calling himself two of his disciples, sent them to
Jesus saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or are we to
look for another?”
7:20 When the men had come to him, they said, “John the
Baptizer has sent us to you saying, “Are you the one who is to
come, or should we look further?”
7:21 In that hour he cured many diseases and plagues and evil
spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ use of Isaiah’s word to
describe his miraculous works.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW AND LUKE, JESUS SUMMARIZES HIS
MIRACULOUS WORKS WITH WORDS OF ISAIAH cont.
Luke 7:22 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the
things that you have seen and heard: that the blind receive
their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news
preached to them.
7:23 Blessed is he who is not offended by me.”
Cf. Matthew 11:2-6
Click for Christian rhetorolect about healing a lame
man.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT PRESENTS
JESUS HEALING A LAME MAN
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
JESUS HEALS A LAME MAN
John 5:2 Now in Jerusalem, by the sheep gate, there is a
pool, which in Hebrew is called, “Bethesda”, having five
porches.
5:3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick,
blind, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
5:5 A certain man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight
years.
5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had
been sick a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be
made well?”
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a lame man.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
JESUS HEALS A LAME MAN cont.
John 5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to
put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but
while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
5:8 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
5:9 Immediately, the man was made well, took up his mat
and walked.
Click for more Christian miracle rhetorolect about
healing a lame man.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT PRESENTS
PETER HEALING A LAME MAN
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES,
PETER HEALS A LAME MAN
Acts 3:1 Peter and John were going up to the temple at the
hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
3:2 A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb
was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the
temple which is called Beautiful, to asks gifts for the needy
of those who entered the temple.
3:3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he
asked to receive gifts for the needy.
 Click for continuation of Peter’s healing of a lame
man.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES,
PETER HEALS A LAME MAN cont. (1)
Acts 3:4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said
“Look at us.”
3:5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something
from them.
3:6 But Peter said, “Silver and gold I have none, but what I
have, that I give you.”
3:7 He took him by the right hand and raised him up.
Immediately his feet and ankle bones gained strength.
 Click for continuation of Peter’s healing of a lame
man.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES,
PETER HEALS A LAME MAN cont. (2)
Acts 3:8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He
entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and
praising God.
3:9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
3:10 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit
begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the
temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement of
what had happened to them.
 Click for Paul’s healing of a lame man.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT ALSO
PRESENTS PAUL HEALING A LAME MAN
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES,
PAUL HEALS A LAME MAN
Acts 14:8 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a
cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
14:9 He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening his
eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made
whole,
14:10 said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet!” He
leaped up and walked.
 Click for healing in the middle of the body.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT FEATURES
HEALING IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE BODY
WHEN IT PRESENTS A WOMAN
WHO WAS HEALED OF A TWELVE YEAR AFFLICTION
OF A FLOW OF BLOOD
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
A WOMAN WITH A FLOW IS HEALED
BY TOUCHING JESUS
Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood
for twelve years came back to him, and touched the fringe
of his garment;
9:21 for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I
will be made well.”
9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her said,
“Daughter, Cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the
woman was made well from that hour.
Cf. Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48
 Click for Christian miracle rhetorolect presenting the
healing of a hand.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT ALSO
FEATURES HEALING OF A MAN’S HAND IN
MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS HEALS THE WITHERED HAND OF A MAN
Mark 3:1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there
was a man there who had his hand withered.
3:2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the
Sabbath day, so that they might accuse him.
3:3 He said to the man who had his hand withered, “Stand
up.”
3:4 He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do
good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” But they
were silent.
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a hand.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS HEALS THE WITHERED HAND OF A MAN cont.
Mark 3:5 When he had looked around at them in anger,
being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the
man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his
hand was restored as healthy as the other.
3:6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired
with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy
him.
Cf. Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11
 Click for Jesus’ healing of a woman’s bent back.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT FEATURES
HEALING STILL FURTHER UP THE BODY
WHEN JESUS HEALS THE BENT BACK
OF A WOMAN IN LUKE
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN LUKE, JESUS HEALS
THE BENT BACK OF A WOMAN
Luke 13:10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on
the Sabbath day.
13:11 Behold, there is a woman who had a spirit of infirmary
eighteen years, and she was bent over, and in no way could
straighten herself up.
13:12 When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her,
“Woman, you are freed of your infirmary.
13:13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood
up straight, and glorified God.
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a woman’s
bent back.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN LUKE, JESUS HEALS
THE BENT BACK OF A WOMAN cont. (1)
Luke 13:14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant
because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said the
multitude, “There are six days on which men ought to work.
Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on
the Sabbath day!”
13:15 Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites!
Does not each of you free his ox or his donkey on the
Sabbath, and lead him away to water?”
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bent back.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN LUKE, JESUS HEALS
THE BENT BACK OF A WOMAN cont. (2)
Luke 13:16 “Ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan bound eighteen years long, be freed
from this bondage on the Sabbath day”
13:17 As he said these things, all of his adversaries were
disappointed, and all the multitudes rejoiced for all the
glorious things that were done by him.
 Click for Jesus’ healing of a man who is mute and
deaf.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT
IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK FEATURES
HEALING FURTHER UP THE BODY WHEN IT PRESENTS
JESUS’ HEALING OF A MAN
WHO IS BOTH MUTE AND DEAF
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MARK, JESUS HEALS
A MAN WHO IS MUTE AND DEAF
Mark 7:31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and
Sidon, and came to the see of Galilee, through the midst of
the region Decapolis.
7:32 They brought to him someone who was deaf and had
an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his
hands on him.
7:33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put
his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his
tongue.
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a man who
is mute (or has a speech impediment) and deaf.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MARK, JESUS HEALS
A MAN WHO IS MUTE AND DEAF cont.
Mark 7:34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him,
“Ephphatha”, that is, “Be opened.”
7:35 Immediately, his ears were opened, and the impediment
of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
7:36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the
more he commanded them, so much the more widely they
proclaimed it.
7:37 They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has
done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the
mute speak.”
 Click for Jesus’ healing of a boy who is mute and
epileptic.
CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT ALSO
FEATURES THE EXORCISM FROM A BOY
OF AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT
THAT MAKES HIM MUTE AND EPILEPTIC
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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS CASTS OUT A SPIRIT THAT MAKES A BOY
MUTE AND EPILEPTIC
Mark 9:16 He asked the scribes, “What are you asking
them?”
9:17 One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought you
my son, who has a mute spirit
9:18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he
foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to caste it out, and they weren’t able.”
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a mute and
epileptic boy.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS CASTS OUT A SPIRIT THAT MAKES A BOY
MUTE AND EPILEPTIC cont. (1)
Mark 9:19 He answered them, “Unbelieving generation,
how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with
you? Bring him to me.”
9:20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the
ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
9:21 He asked his father, “How long has it been since this
has come to him.” He said, “From childhood.”
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a mute and
epileptic boy.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS CASTS OUT A SPIRIT THAT MAKES A BOY
MUTE AND EPILEPTIC cont. (2)
Mark 9:22 “Often it has caste him both into the fire and into
the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have
compassion on us, and help us.”
9:23 Jesus said to him, “If you believe, all things are
possible to him who believes.”
9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears,
“I believe. Help my unbelief!”
9:25 When Jesus saw that the multitude came running
together, he rebuked the unclean spirit saying to him, “You
mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and
never entire him again!”
 Click for continuation of Jesus’ healing of a mute and
epileptic boy.
Christian Miracle Rhetorolect:
IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE,
JESUS CASTS OUT A SPIRIT THAT MAKES A BOY
MUTE AND EPILEPTIC cont. (3)
Mark 9:26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came
out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that
most of them said, “He is dead.”
9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up;
and he arose.
9:28 When he had come into the house, he disciples asked
him privately, “Why couldn’t we caste it out?”
9:29 He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing,
except prayer and fasting.”
Cf. Matthew 17:14-21; Luke 9:37-43a
 Click for a summary.
Good Work!
In this lesson you have learned that:
In the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, Christian
miracle rhetorolect often focuses on individual parts of the
body that need to be healed.
The prophetic book of Isaiah envisions a time when
people’s bodies will be healed, from their lame feet up to their
blind eyes, in the context of renewal of the earth and land.
In the Gospel of John, Christian miracle rhetorolect
presents Jesus healing a lame man.
In the Acts of the Apostles, Christian miracle
rhetorolect presents Peter and John healing a lame man.
 Click to continue the summary.
Excellent!
Christian miracle rhetorolect tells of healing in the
middle part of the body when it presents a woman who was
healed of a twelve year affliction of a flow of blood.
In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Christian miracle
rhetorolect also features healing of a man’s hand.
In Luke, Christian miracle rhetorolect presents healing
still further up the body when Jesus heals the bent back of a
woman.
Christian miracle rhetorolect in the Gospel of Mark
features healing further up the body when it presents Jesus’
healing of a man who is both mute and deaf.
Christian miracle rhetorolect also features the
exorcism from a boy of an unclean spirit that makes him
mute and epileptic.
 Click to continue the summary.
Congratulations!!!!
THIS WAS THE FOURTH LESSON on the Christian
Miracle Story-Line.
May the promises of good things to people
inspire you to continue with Lesson 5
on the healings of blind people.