Was Jesus Sick?

Was Jesus Sick?

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Jesus was born in a manger around 2- 7 BC. This was before AD, however AD didn't come until later. Jesus was born someone special - wandering men brought him find gifts, and there were stars in the sky who helped others to find Mary in the manger with Jesus.

Jesus grew up someone kind of depressed. When his step-father Joseph moved away from him and Mary, Jesus was said to have been distraught. He felt bad for having had been left with no father figure, and he often cried.

It is not known how others saw Jesus during the early years. It seems Jesus may have been secluded - however some say he was given a good upbringing with a decent education. Some even said that Jesus moved to India for a short while in order to educate himself. This meant that he was fairly intelligent and sought education - even if only on a religious scale.

When Jesus grew up he turned himself into a carpenter. He worked his own business as he lived with his mother Mary. Apparently Jesus was a poor person, and he lived in a mud brick home rather then a palace. Some said that he may have even tried to support his house with wood extensions in an attempt to refine the foundation of his home. However this was only a poor attempt.

Being poor meant that Jesus had little money. When the Government wanted taxes he could never pay. His business failed, and more then that his health failed.

Jesus was sure that he had some kind of disease however none could tell him what he had. He looked well and strong, however Jesus took the time to let the world know that he was ill and dying. It may have been this sickness that made him quit his low-income business and walk to talk about God. What other kind of objective would a dying man have wished for?

Signs that Jesus felt as though he were sick were evident in the way he drank. Most people say Jesus was a drunk, however it is possible that Jesus tried to cleanse himself with wine. Think about it - wine is supposed to have an anti-bacterial effect, and when Jesus drank it he felt as though he may have been able to get over his sickness. However he never did.

When Jesus had enough of feeling sick he told his mother he wanted to walk. It is possible that his mother tried to give him some herbal medicine to cure Jesus of his ails - herbal tonics were used widely during the time by wandering herbalists who cured people of plague, so perhaps Mary tried to cure Jesus with a little bit of bitter herbal medicine. However this would have made Jesus rage as he formed boils on his tongue in allergic reaction to the herbal medicine - he was not the kind of person whose physical body took kindly to medicine, and so he would have pulled away from herbal tonics and moved on to the strength of faith.

During his wanderings Jesus spoke of death and feeling frail. He constantly told people to be strong as they walked among the other kind of man. Jesus spoke of sickness, head-spins, the spirit inside - this kind of talk exposes that he was hot on the rocket about feeling ill, and he spoke freely to all walks of life.

When Jesus was asked to perform tricks it may have been that he was deluded. Magicians have a history of being high and deluded when they come up with the worlds most amazing tricks, and so Jesus may have also been deluded. However when he could do magic the world looked at him in a different light, and people gathered to meet Jesus as he performed tricks.

Jesus seemed to grow up a little when he realised he had a gift. He grew in confidence and for the fist time he talked about anything but death and human frailty. He grew hope and when people sat and talked with him they gave him all of their attention as he told them his ideals and thoughts.

Jesus met rich and poor men, and some gave him a place to stay. Jesus grew a likeness for this generosity, and before he knew it he grew on the idea that he might be able to be given a new kind of life.

When Jesus was in court being trialled he showed the men of the clergy, who he perceived as being men of faith, a range of tricks which included turning water into gold. In his mind Jesus figured that he could be one of them if he showed them his skills in magic. However he was not shown any smiles - instead he was sentenced to death.

Jesus was beaten and put into a cell. In his last days he ate bread and wine and told his jail in-mates his depression. 'Eat the bread and eat my flesh, drink the wine and drink my blood;' he said. The meal was consumed and by the end all were left without hunger.

It is true that Jesus died of blood-loss, shock, and external/internal injuries - however let us not forget that before he went on his journey he also felt ill. Was he sick? No one could say; he was supposed to have very white skin, and most people who were white were prone to sickness and disease. Was Jesus ever sick? Most would have said 'no', but perhaps he did have allergies from drinking wine and eating wheat, and perhaps he did not do enough exercise which may have also made him feel faint, lethargic, and depressed.

Jesus could have been a little sick if he was allergic to what he ate, and he could have felt sick inside of his brain because he may not have done enough exercise. Was walking away from home to wander through cities on a pilgrimage the right reaction to an allergy reaction or lack of exercise? Most would say no - however that is what Jesus seemed to have done, and he told the world of how he felt until he was ready to meet a new world which distracted him from his woes and opened up Jesus's interest and developed his ideals. Jesus gave himself a new education which turned him into a prophet and a teacher. Jesus developed himself, and if it were not for religious law he would have perhaps reached a more comfortable life. However his faith was inaccurate and went against the law of the time, and so he was sentenced to treachery and he recalled how ill he could feel as he died as a criminal on the cross.