Elman 

Jesus and the apostles established a hospital, college, and learning center in Bethsaida. The administration building and classrooms were in or around the spacious Zebedee home. A tent city was erected by the seashore to accommodate fifteen hundred interested visitors, and a tented hospital was set up nearby to treat the sick. This enterprise operated seamlessly for five months, from May 3 to October 3, 28 CE.

The ill with different ailments were segregated and placed under the supervision of a believer physician named Elman, who was assisted by a corps of twenty-five young women and twelve men. They treated patients using all known material methods and the spiritual practices of prayer and faith encouragement. Jesus visited the sick of this encampment not less than three times a week and made personal contact with each sufferer. The one thousand afflicted and ailing left improved or cured.

Seeing Elman’s patients and the presence of Jesus, one might imagine they were miraculously cured. However, the healings were not miracles. They resulted from transformations of mind and spirit that occur when an expectant and faith-dominated person meets a strong, positive, and all-loving personality whose presence eliminates fear and anxiety. Elman and his staff learned many helpful lessons watching how Jesus inspired faith and confidence in the sick and suffering. However, Jesus did not short-circuit the normal and orderly progressive evolution of the human race by offering advanced cures or revealing causes that were unknown.

Elman and his staff tried to teach the truth that sickness is not the result of the possession of evil spirits, but that belief was too ingrained. Almost everyone believed physical sickness and mental derangement were caused by unclean spirits.

Jesus welcomed women as integral members of his ministry, defying the cultural norms of the time. Elman's daughter, Nasanta, was part of the women's evangelistic corps and worked in the hospital in Bethsaida alongside other women. Jesus commissioned ten women, including Nasanta, to teach the gospel and minister to the sick, ultimately forming a group of twelve women apostles after the addition of two. This revolutionary approach contrasted sharply with contemporary Jewish practices that limited women's roles in religious life. While the apostles initially continued this inclusive practice after Jesus' departure, later generations reverted to more restrictive traditions.