Palsy

Palsy, a shortened form of paralysis, describes the condition of bodily immobility caused by nerve or muscle dysfunction. In the New Testament it translates the Greek paralytikos and appears frequently in the healing accounts of Jesus's ministry. Matthew 4:24 records that among those brought to Jesus were those taken with palsy, and his healings of paralyzed individuals became prominent signs of his messianic authority.

The most celebrated palsy healing is that of the paralytic lowered through the roof by four friends in Capernaum (Mark 2:1–12), where Jesus first pronounced forgiveness of sins and then commanded the man to rise and walk — demonstrating his authority over both spiritual and physical infirmity. Peter also healed a man named Aeneas who had been bedridden with palsy for eight years at Lydda (Acts 9:33–34). These healings fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy that the Messiah would cause the lame to leap.