Top 7 Bible Scriptures For Doctors To Know

Here are 7 Bible verses that might prove beneficial to doctors.

Luke 4:23 “And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.”

This was fulfilled on the cross when they mocked Jesus saying that He could save others but He cannot save Himself (Mark15:31). Doctors can help save lives but then those who are saved end up dying again someday but the salvation that is offered through Christ gives a person eternal life and even death cannot prevail against that.

Mark 2:17 “And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

I had one woman so worried sick over going to the doctor because others had told her that she lacked faith that God would heal her. They seem to ignore Jesus’ statement that “those who are sick” need a physician. What if someone had broken their arm? Would they show a lack of faith by going to the hospital and having it set and putting a cast on it? No, they’d show common sense. Jesus healed many people who had absolutely no faith.

John 5:7-9 “The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.”

Here is evidence of Jesus being God. He had the ability to raise the sick, make the lame walk, enable the deaf to hear, and the blind to see. It wasn’t a matter of the lame man’s faith; Jesus commanded him to “get up” and “at once the man was healed.” This is the power that only God has, like Jesus displayed when He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:38-44).

Colossians 4:14 “Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.”

Paul called Luke “the beloved physician” which is a term of endearment. Luke must have helped Paul many times with his wounds from his frequent beatings and stoning’s. I can imagine how beat up Paul must have been so it’s no wonder that Luke the physician was a necessary part of Paul’s missionary trips.

Second Timothy 4:11 “Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.”

In Paul’s very last letter, he states that Luke was with him. Either Luke was a fellow prisoner or he was allowed to give medical attention to Paul. Everyone else had abandoned him at this late hour. All had forsaken him except the Lord and of course Luke. Perhaps Luke had only been there to help him; almost like a personal physician, but the advantages of taking a doctor along on Paul’s missionary trips would have been tremendous.

Mark 15:31 “So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.”

Matthew renders this, “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him” (Matt 27:42). This mocking by the religious leaders was prophesied by Jesus in Luke 4:23 where “he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’” The Greek word used for “saved” or “save” is “sōzō” which means to “keep safe” or “rescue from danger or from injury” and isn’t about salvation. It was about rescuing or saving Himself from off the cross. The religious leaders knew that Jesus had healed many and Mark 15:31 they just acknowledged it, but now they mocked Him because He couldn’t even rescue Himself. Of course He really could have, calling down legions of angels (Matt 26:53), but if He had, we’d all die in our sins.

Numbers 21:9 “So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.”

This symbolized the work of Christ that would come some fifteen hundred years later and confirmed by Jesus when He said “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:14-15). The medical profession uses what is called the Rod of Asclepius and could possibly have its origins in Numbers 21:9.

Conclusion

Isaiah 53:5 is about the greatest healing of all brought and bought by Jesus Christ; “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” Either receive His payment for your sins or you will have to pay for them yourselves and unfortunately, that will take all time (Rev 20:12-15; 21:8).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.