paralytic

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Next day died a quarrelsome fellow of ill fame for his notorious sins, and when his body was carried past the lame man's door, the paralytic was able to stand.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to paralysis.
  2. adjective Characteristic of or resembling paralysis.
  3. adjective Affected with paralysis; paralyzed.

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  • He told the young people they must go and bring their friends to Christ, as the paralytic's four friends did for him. —  Biblical Recorder
  • As I was talking this passage over with a friend it dawned on us that the paralytic, after he is healed, is the one sent out like a missionary, while the rest remain in the house. —  gathering in light
  • "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the paralytic - "I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home." —  gathering in light
  • The paralytic, who is, as far as we can tell from this passage, the only one who has, quite literally, had a life-changing encounter with Christ, is not permitted to stay inside the safety of the walls of this house. —  gathering in light
  • A degenerated brain cell looks differently under the microscope from a normal one, but the ideas of a paranoiac, the emotion of a maniac, the volition of a hysteric, the memory idea of a paralytic is each in its own structure not different from such elements in any one of us. —  Psychotherapy
 

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