What Cured the Other Nine?

Luke 17:11-19
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

   As I read this passage, the last words seemed to really jump out at me:  "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well." Jesus was talking to the Samaritan—the foreigner—his faith had just made him well.

   As I read these words I wondered, “What made the other nine well?” Was it their faith? Was it simply the power of God? Did they think the priests did it? What was going through their minds?

   I don’t really have an answer for these questions, but I am going to do some study and see what I come up with. I’ll share future insights in a post addendum at a later time.