Jesus healed the sick in many different ways during his stay on the earth. some he told to go wash, some he just spoke to, some he used clay he made w/ his own saliva and dirt.
-i don't think it's a coincidence that Jesus touched the leper to heal him. Surely, he could've spoken the word, and the leper would've been healed.
the leper was "unclean" according to jewish traditions - never to be touched, but to be isolated from society and even their very family. because of this skin disease, the leper was robbed of the reception, or even the giving of any physical affection. the leper was physically exiled, emotionally void of love and affection, and hurting in the soul.
Jesus did not have to touch the leper to heal him. by his mere will, this leper could be healed. but by touching this leper, Jesus showed him affection. Affection that the leper was totally void of. and by receiving this affection that he had never received, something changed in the man's thought, and in his very soul.
his emotions of love and affection had been restored, and the hurting in his soul instantly stopped and began to heal.
so - we see that when Jesus healed the physical body, he not only healed the physical, but the spiritual and emotional.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.
hebrews 4:15
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