symptom_category,placebo_effect_magnitude,gospel_examples,category_match_strength,source_meta_analysis
Pain,moderate-to-large,"Chronic hemorrhage (Mark 5:25-34); Paralytic (Mark 2:1-12); Withered hand (Mark 3:1-6)",strong,Hróbjartsson & Gøtzsche 2010 Cochrane (202 trials; N=16500)
Functional disorders,substantial,"Many paralytic cases; Speech/hearing issues (Mark 7:31-37)",strong,Hróbjartsson & Gøtzsche 2010 Cochrane
Subjective symptom relief,large,"Various healings where narrative outcome is 'and he was well'",strong,Hróbjartsson & Gøtzsche 2010; Huneke 2024 umbrella (1691 RCTs; N=261730)
Psychosomatic / conversion / dissociative,large,"Spirit or demon afflictions (Mark 1:21-28; 5:1-20)",strong,"Ancient 'spirit' presentation consistent with modern conversion/dissociative symptoms"
Anxiety/depression,moderate in expectation-heavy settings,"Sinner-woman's forgiveness narrative (Luke 7:36-50)",moderate,Huneke et al. 2024 umbrella review
Blindness / structural pathology,limited (organic cases),"Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52); Man born blind (John 9)",limited — requires additional explanation,Placebo literature shows minimal effect on structural pathology
Death reversal,not applicable,"Jairus's daughter; Widow of Nain's son; Lazarus",not applicable — Lens 3 does not address,N/A