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[hobnail]

who was the sick beggar cured of leprosy by Jesus ?
Many Thanks if you can help.

[sgeandhu]

Lazarus (not the famous one)

[goldenfield]

From where do you get your info, sgeandhu? There was a question about this earlier and nobody could come up with a reason for naming this beggar Lazarus. Do you have one?

[Magyar]

Lazarus was the man from Bethany raised from the dead by Jesus. I think the beggar with leprosy was Simon.

[sgeandhu]

this seems like a combination of 2 NT events

1)the actual curing of a man with leprosy(though not named as i recall)
2) the parable in Luke (16:12) of the leprous beggar named Lazarus (but not the brother of Mary/Martha from Bethany)

if a crossword clue, then the 2 may be "superimposed"??

[earthakitten]

We had quite a discussion earlier about this one , whilst views vary it could well be Lazarus, not the one raised from the dead but the one from the parable The rich man.... L was the beggar at the gates of the rich mans house.... even a dog came to lick his wounds .... but I can't confirm that Jesus actually cured him of leprosy before he died!
There are many hospitals named after St Lazarus and they all mention treating skin disorders and leprosy. xx

[earthakitten]

Hi again ... Simon the Leper was healed by jesus but he had his own house so would he be a beggar ??

In the Roman Catholic tradition of St Lazarus who was raised from the dead is that he was a leper. He also had his own house so wouldn't be a beggar ??
xx

[goldenfield]

Interested in where you get the information that Simon the leper was cured by Jesus, earthakitten. Can you give a reference in the Bible for that as I cannot find one? Thanks.

[earthakitten]

Evening goldenfield ... All the sites I've looked at say Simon the leper who was or is assumed to have been healed by Jesus. (Mark 1 :40). It woudn't be the answer anyway ???? as he was not a beggar ! Apparently, little is known about him but he could have been father of Martha, Mary and Lazarus which is how Lazarus contracted leprosy. I'm not a Bible reader so I can only go on what I read on the sites.Point taken though, it doesn't seem that Jesus healing him is actually mentioned, just assumed. xx

[goldenfield]

Yes - fair enough earthakitten - just interested in seeing if you knew more than I have been able to find out.

This is at least the second time to my knowledge that a Bible question has been raised on this board when the Bible does not give a specific name to be able to answer the question with. Lazarus or Simon could be the answer the quiz-setter is looking for but hobnail might just as well put his own name as the answer as it is just as likely as any ha ha.

[hobnail]

Thanks everyone for your efforts to help me, I have spun the coin and gone for Lazarus, I will post the proper answer when I get, Thanks again.