Chapter 5 Greek Apothecary Palimen

The Nazarene was the best physician of his people.No one understands our human body as thoroughly as he does, and understands the various properties of each part of it. He cured diseases unknown to the Greeks and Egyptians, and is said to have even raised the dead.Regardless of whether the rumors are accurate or not, this shows that he has great powers, because only those who have truly demonstrated supernatural powers will be considered to have great powers. It is also said that Jesus visited India and the lands of Mesopotamia, where priests interviewed him about the mysteries of our inner beings.

These mysteries, however, may have been revealed to him directly by the gods, and not through the priests; for truths that have been puzzled by ages may indeed be revealed to one in a moment.Apollo's skillful hand may touch the heart of a dull man and make him a wise man. Many secret doors were opened to the Tyrians and Sebanese.For him, too, some sealed doors were left open.He has entered the temple of the soul, which is the body; and he sees clearly both those evil spirits that conspire to harm our physical strength, and those that weave goodness inextricably. It seems to me that he healed by exercising the power of resistance, in a way unknown to our sages.With a touch as cool as ice and snow, he frightened away the high fever; with his own composure, he surprised the dead limbs and recovered them as before.

He knows the drying sap in the wrinkled bark, but I don't know how he touches the sap with his fingers; Sometimes I seem to feel that he can hear the whispers of all things in the sun when they are in pain, and he will lift them up and support them. He not only helps with his own knowledge, but also inspires all things to use their own strength to achieve healing. However, he cared less about his status as a doctor than about religion and statecraft.I am sorry for this, because we must first have a strong body. But whenever these Syrians get sick, they have to find a theory instead of a medicine.

It is a pity that the most eminent physician of them all chooses to be an orator in the street.