So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them — he bent over her (epistās epanō autēs) communicates physical presence and attention — Luke's physician's eye for the bedside manner. The rebuking of the fever applies the same exorcism language to physical illness — fever, like the demon, is an enemy to be rebuked and expelled. She got up at once and began to wait on them: the immediate service is the response to healing throughout Luke.

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