Ottheinrich Folio232r Act5BMatthias Gerung · 1530–32

Dysentery

/DIS-en-ter-ee/

Summary

A severe intestinal disease causing bloody flux, which afflicted the father of Publius on Malta before Paul healed him.

☩Publius's Father

When Paul was shipwrecked on Malta, Publius, the chief man of the island, received the survivors hospitably. Publius's father lay sick with fever and 'bloody flux'—dysentery. Paul visited him, prayed, laid hands on him, and healed him. This miracle opened the door for many other sick people on the island to come and be healed.

Key verses:Acts 28:8-9

☩Biblical References

King Jehoram of Judah was afflicted with an incurable disease of the bowels as divine judgment, so that after two years his bowels fell out. This may have been a severe form of dysentery or related intestinal disease.

Key verses:2 Chronicles 21:18-19

Related Verses1 mention

Acts· 1 verse

28:8

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Dysentery," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.James Orr (ed.), "Dysentery," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).