How are seizures or epilepsy described in the Bible? When we open the Good Book, we find descriptions that sound much like what we today call seizures or epilepsy. The Bible doesn’t use those exact terms, but it paints a vivid picture of the condition. In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 9, verses 17-18, we read: “Teacher, I brought you who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to…

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