Category talk:Healing a paralytic
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Categories and how to use them properly[edit]
Several similar miracles are reported in the Bible, which can easily be mixed up. To me, it seems that there is some confusion in how files are categorised currently. I re-categorised some of them, but for others, I’m not sure myself.
I drafted a new category introduction text:
- English: The New Testament tells us about several miracles worked by Jesus to heal paralytics. The categories should probably be used like this to prevent confusion:
- Category:Healing the Centurion's servant is for images showing the miracle done at Kapharnaum reported in the Gospels of Matthew (chapter 8, 5–13) and Luke (chapter 7, 1–10). An army officer asks Jesus to heal his paralytic servant at home. He demonstrates his strong belief by telling Jesus he does not need to come but to just speak a word. So, usually, the paralytic is not even shown in the paintings and other works of art.
(The Gospel of John has a similar story about an administrative officer’s feverish son in chapter 4, 46–53.) - Category:Healing of the Paralytic is for images showing the miracle done at “his city” (Kapharnaum again), as reported in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 9, 1–8. People carry a paralytic to Jesus.
- Category:Paralytic lowered through the roof is for the miracle done at Kapharnaum, as reported in the Gospels of Mark (chapter 2, 1–12) and Luke (chapter 5, 17–26). There are too many people, so some take desperate measures and lower a paralytic through the roof of a house down to Jesus.
- Category:Healing at Bethesda is for the miracle done at the pond of Bethesda in Jerusalem, as reported in the Gospel of John, chapter 5, 2–9. The paralytic does not have friends to help him get into the pond where miraculous healings are said to take place. So, Jesus just tells him to get up and walk.
- Category:Healing the Centurion's servant is for images showing the miracle done at Kapharnaum reported in the Gospels of Matthew (chapter 8, 5–13) and Luke (chapter 7, 1–10). An army officer asks Jesus to heal his paralytic servant at home. He demonstrates his strong belief by telling Jesus he does not need to come but to just speak a word. So, usually, the paralytic is not even shown in the paintings and other works of art.
- Images that cannot be identified clearly should be placed in the more generic Category:Healing a paralytic.
Do you think a new category introduction text like this could help the users? Is my understanding right? Did I miss some relevant Bible passage in my overview? -- Martinus KE (talk) 14:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)