Holy Spittle (Bible vs. Hadith)

In the Roman world, The Roman historian Tacitus (56-120 CE) reports that the emperor Vespasian (r. 69-79) had restored vision to a blind man by means of oris excremento, his saliva (Histories iv. 81). In another account by Suetonius (69-122 CE) in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, the emperor he healed a paralyzed man (withered hand or leg) by touching the hand or leg.

BIBLE

In the Bible, there are three accounts of Jesus healing individuals through his spit.

In Mark 7:33-35, Jesus heals a deaf and mute man. He takes the man aside, puts His fingers into the man’s ears, spits, and touches the man’s tongue. Jesus then looks up to heaven, sighs, and says, “Ephphatha,” which means “Be opened.” The man’s ears are opened, his tongue is loosened, and he begins to speak clearly.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. – Mark 7:33-35

In Mark 8:22-25, Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida. People bring the blind man to Jesus and beg Him to touch the man. Jesus takes the blind man by the hand, leads him outside the village, spits on the man’s eyes, and lays His hands on him. Jesus asks if the man sees anything. The man looks up and says he sees people, but they look like trees walking around. Jesus places His hands on the man’s eyes again, and his sight is completely restored.