Bible Dictionary
Flux, Bloody
A severe intestinal illness, identified in the source as dysentery. Publius’s father was healed of this sickness when Paul prayed and laid hands on him at Malta.
Definition
Bloody flux was dysentery, a severe intestinal illness. In the East it could occur sporadically or in epidemic and infectious form, when it assumed its worst severity.
Biblical Usage
Publius’s father at Malta suffered from bloody flux and was healed after Paul prayed and laid hands on him.
Historical Background
The illness was sometimes epidemic and infectious in eastern regions.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Acts 28:8) the same as our dysentery, which in the East is, though sometimes sporadic, generally epidemic and infectious, and then assumes its worst form.