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  "id": "peters-mother-in-law-and-others-healed",
  "era": "life-of-jesus",
  "order": 332,
  "title": "Peter's Mother-in-law and Others Healed",
  "group": "galilean-ministry",
  "date": {
    "kind": "relative",
    "label": "Ministry in Galilee",
    "note": "A guided comparison of Gospel accounts, not a measured calendar or a claim that every parallel follows the same sequence."
  },
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    35.57516,
    32.88059
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  "pinPlace": "capernaum_274",
  "summary": "Jesus heals Simon Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever, and she begins serving. After sunset, people bring many who are sick or afflicted, and Jesus heals them and silences the spirits.",
  "context": "Mark and Luke connect the household visit with the synagogue scene. Matthew relates the healings to Isaiah; the household’s exact archaeological location is not established by these verses.",
  "question": "How do the public and household scenes together portray Jesus’s work?",
  "locationNote": "Mark and Luke continue from Capernaum’s synagogue to Simon’s house. The map locates the town, not an archaeologically proven household.",
  "passages": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 8:14–17",
      "range": [
        40008014,
        40008017
      ],
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      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 8,
          "verse": 14,
          "text": "When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever."
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 8,
          "verse": 15,
          "text": "So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him."
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 8,
          "verse": 16,
          "text": "When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick."
        },
        {
          "book": "Matthew",
          "chapter": 8,
          "verse": 17,
          "text": "This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 1:29–34",
      "range": [
        41001029,
        41001034
      ],
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      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201%3A29%E2%80%9334&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 29,
          "text": "As soon as Jesus and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew."
        },
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 30,
          "text": "Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her."
        },
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 31,
          "text": "So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them."
        },
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 32,
          "text": "That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed,"
        },
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 33,
          "text": "and the whole town gathered at the door."
        },
        {
          "book": "Mark",
          "chapter": 1,
          "verse": 34,
          "text": "And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 4:38–41",
      "range": [
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        42004041
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      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Luke",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 38,
          "text": "After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,"
        },
        {
          "book": "Luke",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 39,
          "text": "and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them."
        },
        {
          "book": "Luke",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 40,
          "text": "At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them."
        },
        {
          "book": "Luke",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 41,
          "text": "Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ."
        }
      ]
    }
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      "range": [
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        23053004
      ],
      "kind": "teaching",
      "note": "Matthew connects the healings with Isaiah’s servant bearing infirmities.",
      "reference": "Isaiah 53:4",
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      "confidence": "Identified site",
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      "label": "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire",
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        "ref": "284"
      },
      {
        "name": "editorial"
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    "review": "draft"
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  "eraName": "Life of Jesus",
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  "attribution": [
    "Events and places adapted from Theographic Bible Metadata (github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata), CC BY-SA 4.0. This adapted data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.",
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
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  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/peters-mother-in-law-and-others-healed/",
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  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "d91ae69adcf10959"
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