Self-important and expecting the best of all medical plans, Naaman cannot believe a simple word from Elisha, especially via messenger, will lead to healing. But as the prophet knows, it is God who ...

Living in the mid- to late Ninth Century B.C., the prophet Elisha succeeded his mentor Elijah to perform many miracles including healing the ... he heals Naaman of leprosy and then refuses Naaman ...

Because leprosy is the biblical picture of sin, we are never cured of sin, or healed of sin, we are cleansed of sin. Naaman went to Israel, to the house of Elisha the prophet, expecting him to ...

he sent for Naaman and instructed him to do something very simple: to immerse himself seven times in the Jordan River. By doing so, Elisha promised him, he would be healed of his tzara’at.

After nearly starting an international incident, Naaman finally gets to Elisha, asks Elisha to cure him, Elisha tells him how to cure his disease – and then Naaman complains about it!

Luke makes the one and only reference to Elisha in the entire New Testament, when Jesus mentions the healing of Naaman the Syrian—even though, like Elisha, Jesus raises a dead child, feeds the hungry ...