 In fact, this is February 18th, 1546. Luther had traveled to the town in which he was born, Eisleben, to settle a dispute between two brothers. And knowing that he was ill and thinking that he had a little time left, he had joked with his friend before he left. He said, when I get home to Wittenberg, I will lie down in my coffin and give the worms a fat doctor to feed on.