Nursing in the Bible
So I was curious how many references there are in the Bible about "nursing". I got out my trusty concordance from my Bible college years and looked up nursing. There were only a few scriptures. One was in red print spoken by Jesus right before crucifixion. 26As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ Luke 23:26-29 There was another reference is Isaiah 49:15: 15“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! My favorite refer...