The Four Types of Healing Performed by Jesus The four types of healing performed by Jesus were physical healing, spiritual healing, resurrection, and moral healing. Physical healing occurred when Jesus healed people suffering from physical illnesses. Examples of this type of healing are blindness, uncontrollable bleeding, and leprosy. These types of healings were called miracles, exceptions to the normal course of ordinary events. Jesus made a particular effort to reach out to lepers, people often overlooked and despised in his society. Through physical healings, Jesus demonstrated enormous power over nature and disease. The second type of healing, spiritual healing, occurred when Jesus healed people who had mental illnesses. These people are said to have an "unclean spirit." One of the best known spiritual healings is the healing of the man of Gerasa. There was a naked man who was very strong and attacked people for no reason. He may have been possessed or psychotic, no one really knows, but they know that Jesus healed this man. The resurrection occurred when Jesus brought the people who had ...