{Lying sick of a fever} (ibl(886d)en(886e) kai puressousan). Two
participles, bedridden (perfect passive of all(935c)) and burning
with fever (present active). How long the fever had had her we
have no means of knowing, possibly a sudden and severe attack
( Mr 1:30 ), as they tell Jesus about her on reaching the house
of Peter. We are not told what kind of fever it was. Fever itself
was considered a disease. "Fever" is from German feuer (fire)
like the Greek pur.