True Christianity and How It Leads to Islam — Page 10
TRUE CHRISTIANITY AND HOW IT LEADS T O IS L A M 10 bury their dead”. (Matthew 8:22) The word “sick” has likewise been used metaphorically in the Bible. “And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?” “When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, they that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance”. (Mark 2:16 - 17) Besides Jesus, others also have been reported to heal the sick. Elijah cured Naaman of his leprosy. “Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean”. (II Kings 5:14) Other prophets also performed the kind of miracles Jesus displayed. According to the Bible, Jesus walked on the sea. The Bible also makes mention of Elijah’s having divided the waters: “And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they too went over on dry ground”. (II Kings 2:8)