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  2. Jesus cleansing a leper - Wikipedia

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    Jesus heals the leper by Alexandre Bida There is some speculation as to whether the illness now called Hansen's disease is the same described in Biblical times as leprosy. [ 4 ] As the disease progresses, pain turns to numbness, and the skin loses its original color and becomes thick, glossy and scaly.

  3. Matthew 8:4 - Wikipedia

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    Local priests were found throughout the Jewish areas, but to make sacrifice the leper would have to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem. [3] Early commentators, such as John Chrysostom, read the leper providing evidence of the miracle as an attack on the Jewish establishment, defiant proof of Jesus' divinity to the establishment. More likely the ...

  4. Matthew 8:2 - Wikipedia

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    Matthew also adds lord to his version, again emphasizing the importance of Jesus. [3] Lord in Matthew is only used by disciples and followers of Jesus, it was not a term of general politeness. [4] This story of the Leper occurs in both Mark and Luke, with this verse being paralleled by both Mark 1:40 and Luke 5:12.

  5. History of leprosy - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, there was an autochthonous strain that had persisted from an earlier period. Numerous leprosaria, or leper hospitals, were founded in the Middle Ages; Matthew Paris, a Benedictine monk, estimated that in the early thirteenth century, there were 19,000 across Europe. [38] The first recorded leper colony was in Harbledown ...

  6. More leprosy cases are popping up in Florida. Why an ... - AOL

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    Bathika Narsimha displays marks of leprosy on his back at the Lepra Society Center in Mahabubnagar, India, Feb. 19, 2019. Health workers thought they had vanquished the disease in 2005.

  7. Tzaraath - Wikipedia

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    Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת ‎ ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times [1]), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, [2] clothing, [3] and houses. [4]

  8. Actual Leprosy Cases Are Being Reported in the U.S ... - AOL

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    "Leprosy is an infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae," Dr. Fox explains. "It is slow growing and it can take months to years to develop symptoms. "It is slow growing and it can ...

  9. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked - AOL

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    Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process. After reducing his jaw ...