When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.
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Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?
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John 5:3:
Here a great number of disabled people used to lie – the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
(NIV)
In these lay a great number of sick folk--some blind, some crippled, and some paralyzed (shriveled up)-- waiting for the bubbling up of the water.
(AMP)
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
(KJV)
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Luke 6:8:
But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, 'Get up and stand in front of everyone.' So he got up and stood there.
(NIV)
But He was aware all along of their thoughts, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Come and stand here in the midst. And he arose and stood there.
(AMP)
But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
(KJV)
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Mark 3:1:
Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
(NIV)
AGAIN JESUS went into a synagogue, and a man was there who had one withered hand [as the result of accident or disease].
(AMP)
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
(KJV)
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