Exactly how many times did healing happen in the Bible? And exactly how many times did he heal all, a few, one or many. That is a big question and one that would likely take me months to put together into a HUGE post.
So I will invite you in to the process I use when researching and seeking our verses. I invite you to join me and look up the verses. Discover the ones where many is used in place of all and then seek out the context. Did all get healed a few verses later or in the next town they went to?
How relevent is the question? As Jesus certainly did heal them all relatively often, anyone who kept following Him for any length of time would have been healed. If they weren’t healed during one the passages where “only” many(abundant, plenteous, great numbers) were, and they followed Him to the next town where all were, they would have surely been healed. The punchline works out to anyone who persisted in following Jesus was healed. This is a very very encouraging thing.
Starting with the word heal, I found at least 3 Greek words that are translated to this one English word. Interesting that while all three have different nuances, all three do include the idea of restoring to health, healing and curing. Sozo and Iaomai also include the element of making whole. Together this adds ups to approx 190x that these words are used in the NT.
therapeuō See https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2323&t=KJV for verses with this Greek word. It is used 44 times in the NT
sozo seehttps://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G4982&t=KJV It is used 118 times in 103 different verses
ἰάομαι iáomai, ee-ah’-om-ahee; middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure (literally or figuratively):—heal, make whole. See https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2390&t=KJV It is used 28 times and is similar but not identical to sozo in its meaning.
Verses that say many were healed
Mark 3:9-15 King James Version (KJV) “9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. 11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:”
Jesus gave them the ability to heal “all manner” of disease so they had the capacity to do so and expected all to be healed. We can see this in their response to the boy with epilepsy not being healed. They asked “Why couldn’t we heal him?”. They had fully expected him to be healed.
Matthew 10:1 King James Version (KJV) “10 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.”
Luke 7:20-22 King James Version (KJV) “20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he [Jesus] cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.”
We are only getting a glimpse of this day… the verse says, in that same hour, Jesus healed many.
Healing and Discipleship 