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In the [[Bible]], Raphael was one of the three [[angel]]s who appeared to Abraham in the oak grove of Mamre in the region of Hebron (Genesis 18). [[Archangel Michael]], as the greatest, walked in the middle, with [[Archangel Gabriel]] to his right and Raphael to his left (Yoma 37a). Each was commanded to carry out a specific mission: Gabriel to destroy Sodom, Michael to inform Sarah that she would give birth to Isaac, Raphael to heal Abraham from his recent circumcision and save Lot. | In the [[Bible]], Raphael was one of the three [[angel]]s who appeared to Abraham in the oak grove of Mamre in the region of Hebron (Genesis 18). [[Archangel Michael]], as the greatest, walked in the middle, with [[Archangel Gabriel]] to his right and Raphael to his left (Yoma 37a). Each was commanded to carry out a specific mission: Gabriel to destroy Sodom, Michael to inform Sarah that she would give birth to Isaac, Raphael to heal Abraham from his recent circumcision and save Lot. | ||
The New Testament names only two [[archangels]] or angels, Michael and Gabriel (Luke 1:9–26; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7), but Raphael, because of his association with healing, became identified with the unnamed angel of John 5:1–4 who periodically stirred the pool of Bethesda "[a]nd he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under" | The New Testament names only two [[archangels]] or angels, Michael and Gabriel (Luke 1:9–26; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7), but Raphael, because of his association with healing, became identified with the unnamed angel of John 5:1–4 who periodically stirred the pool of Bethesda "[a]nd he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under." | ||
The Catholic Church accordingly links Raphael with Michael and Gabriel as [[saint]]s whose intercession can be sought through prayer. | |||
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