Leper Bible Story
The men met him but stayed a distance away.
Leper bible story. Luke 171119 records an account of ten men who had infectious skin diseases commonly translated as leprosy. The law said a leper must not come near and must call out unclean so people would know he had leprosy. There were many diseases in the ancient world without cures yet.
It was very contagious so anyone with leprosy was sent away from the communities to live in isolation. This leper and the man let down through the roof bible story is part of a series of famous bible stories. The story about the ten lepers occurred when jesus was on his way to jerusalem.
Jesus heals the leper. The priest then determined whether this was a contagious disease and whether the person was to be declared ceremonially unclean leviticus 131.