Mark 16:17,18
‘These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.’
The word here for sick is the Greek word arroustos (732 in Strongs) meaning to be in bad health or to possess a weak and broken condition. It is the image of a person so weak and sick that he has become critically ill. He is an invalid. These following three scriptures show us examples of times when Jesus healed people who were afflicted with an arroustos type of sickness:
Mathew 14:14 “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.” “sick” is the Greek word arroustos. Matthew says that Jesus was especially drawn to those who were so weak that they were without strength. These people whom He healed that day were invalids.
Mark 6:5 “And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.” In Greek “sick folk” – arroustos. This lets us know that these were extremely sick people not minor ailments, arroustos – critically ill individuals.
Mark 6:13 “And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.” “sick” – arroustos,
These examples of the word arroustos show that these were people were critically ill. They were physically weak, critically ill, and lacking of strength and had become invalids. These are the sick people that Jesus said we would lay hands on, and they would recover, not minor ailments like headaches and bruises, but people who are critically ill – invalids.
Luke 4:40 “Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.” That evening the people brought to Jesus “any sick.”
This word “sick” is asthenios,(770 in Strongs) which means a wide range of infirmities. This represents a wide range of sicknesses, but the word “diseases” lets us know that some of these people were seriously ill. This word “diseases” is the Greek word nosos, conveys the idea of a terrible malady or an affliction of the most severe nature. Often the word nosos (3554 in Strongs) depicted a terminal illness for which there was no natural cure.
Luke 10:33 & 34
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine;
The word for wounds is Traumatizo (5135 in Strongs) Trauma – how did he treat the Trauma he poured in oil and wine – the Holy Spirit and Joy!
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?