Physician, heal thyself
Physician, heal thyself (
Background
Similar proverbs with a medical theme appear in other Jewish literature.
Interpretation
The moral of the proverb in general, containing within itself also a criticism of hypocrisy, is to attend to one's own defects before those in others.[8] This meaning is underlined in the fable of The Frog and the Fox that was attributed to Aesop.
See also
References
- ^ KJV, Luke 4:23.
- ^ Isaac Williams, The Gospel Narrative of Our Lord's Nativity Harmonized, London 1844, p.384. The quoted biblical passage is from Matthew 27:42.
- ^ Vincent, Marvin Richardson (1887). Word Studies in the New Testament (2 ed.). C. Scribner's sons. p. 293. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Nolland, J. (1979). Classical and Rabbinic Parallels to "Physician, Heal Yourself". pp. 193–209.
- ^ intertextual.bible/text/luke-4.23-genesis-rabbah-23.4
- ^ Freedman, H.; Simon, Maurice (1939). Midrash Rabbah, Translated into English. Vol. 1. p. 195.
- ^ Herbert Weir Smyth, LCL, Theoi Classical Texts Library, lines 473–5.
- OCLC 50166721. Retrieved 2008-12-05.