Q&A — Did Jesus ever say no to healing? Mike: Not in the three-and-a-half years of recorded ministry, but Jesus did say no through Paul's thorn and other NT instances

Mike distinguishes time periods: (1) Jesus' 30 years before ministry — no healings recorded; (2) the three-and-a-half year ministry — no recorded refusals to heal; (3) the book of Acts — seasons of widespread healing but also exceptions like Paul leaving Trophimus sick at Miletus (2 Timothy 4:20); (4) Paul's own thorn — Jesus explicitly said no. The problem is treating only the three-and-a-half years as normative for all time.