He was confident that simply being in the presence of Jesus would cure him and allow him to walk again. However, the crowd was too big and the paralyzed man could not get close enough. Others interceded on his behalf. They carried his stretcher, made their way through the crowd, and ...
1121–22). Wilfred Cantwell Smith has remarked that the Muslim conception of the Quran as being uncreated, healing the sick, and interceding on behalf of its followers on Judgment Day coincides closely with the Christian conception of Jesus (Smith 1993, pp. 65–91). Ritual object. The ...