Luke 5:31 - "And Jesus answered them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick;’ "

Colossians 4:14 - "Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you."

In ancient Egypt, from which the Hebrews acquired many of their ideas, medicine was mainly magical in nature and doctors were so highly regarded that they were sometimes deified. These doctors had some knowledge of surgical skill; for example, brain surgery is known to have been accomplished by them. Among the drugs which these doctors used were cedar oil, alum, brains, salt, honey, sycamore bark, sulphate of copper, the liver, heart and blood of animals, and stag’s horn. These physicians also served as embalmers.

In the Bible, illness is usually regarded as punishment for sin or as being due to Satan; so, o…