Origin of the line "Physician, heal thyself!"

Factual Questions
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Any idea as to where it comes from?

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Google is your friend:

Luke iv. 23 (the Christian Bible)

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Luke 4:23

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

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Thanks :slight_smile:

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But hang on a sec… the implication is that Jesus is quoting a well-known (at the time) phrase - is there any record of it in writings predating the NT?

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It’s in one of AEsop’s fables. I originally didn’t post that because there are doubts about whether the fable was actually written by AEsop (who lived ca. 600 BC).

The fable is “The Quack Frog”.

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So Jesus was exposed to Aesop’s Fables as a kid? Neat! :slight_smile: