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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:3

And Jesus ...touched him - It was an offence to the Jews to “touch” a leprous person, and was regarded as making him who did it ceremonially impure, Leviticus 13:3. The act of putting forth his hand and “touching” him, therefore, expressed the intention of Jesus to cure him, and was a pledge that he “was,” in fact, already cured. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:4

See thou tell no man - This command is to be understood as extending only to the time until he had made the proper representation to the priest. It was his duty to hasten to him immediately Leviticus 14:2; not to delay by talking about it, but, as the first thing, to obey the laws of God, and make proper acknowledgments to him by an offering. The place where this cure was performed was in Galilee, a distance of 40 or 50 miles from Jerusalem; and it was his duty to make haste to the residence of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:1

Matthew 8:1. When he was come down from the mountain Where he had delivered the divine discourse contained in the preceding chapters; great multitudes followed him To the town toward which he went, desirous, probably, of receiving further instruction from him, or of witnessing the performance of some of his miraculous acts. And, behold, there came a leper Leprosies, in those countries, were seldom curable by natural means, any more than palsies or lunacy. It is likely, though this leper... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:4

Matthew 8:4. Jesus saith, See thou tell no man Although our Lord was now followed by a great multitude of people, yet it seems not many of them were witnesses of this miracle, Jesus, probably, taking the person aside from the people before he wrought it, otherwise, as Doddridge observes, it does not appear that there could have been room for this charge of secrecy; the meaning of which undoubtedly was, Tell no man that thou wast healed by me; that is, as some suppose, till thou hast offered... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:1-4

30. Jesus cleanses a leper (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16)People with leprosy and other skin diseases were considered unclean and a danger to public health. They were outcasts from society (Leviticus 13:45-46). If they were healed they had to offer sacrifices to symbolize their cleansing and express their thanks (Leviticus 14:1-20).On the first recorded occasion when Jesus healed a leper, he did what anyone else would normally avoid doing; he touched the man. He then told the man to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:1

When = And when. from = away from. Greek. apo. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:2

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos ( App-6 ), for emphasis. leper. See note on Exodus 4:6 . worshipped = did homage. See App-137 . The variations in Mark 1:0 , and Luke 5:0 , are due to the fact that they do not record the same miracle. See App-97 . Lord. App-98 . This is the first time that Jesus is called "Lord". In this second period of His ministry, His Person is to be proclaimed as Messiah, both Divine (here), and in Matthew 8:20 human. When once they begin to call Him "Lord", they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:3

Jesus. All the texts ( App-94 .) read "He". I will = I am willing. See App-102 . his leprosy was cleansed. Figure of speech Hypallage ( App-6 ) = he was cleansed of his leprosy. Kaharizo is found in the Papyri and in Inscriptions in this sense. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:4

no man = no one. go. To Jerusalem. shew thyself, &c. See Leviticus 14:4 . Moses. The first of eighty occurrences of "Moses" in the N.T. Thirty-eight in the Gospels (see the first occurrence in each Gospel (Matthew 8:4 .Mark 1:44 .Luke 5:14 .John 1:17; John 1:17 ); nineteen times in Acts (see note on Acts 3:22 ); twenty-two times in the Epistles (see note on Romans 5:14 ; once in Revelation (Revelation 15:3 ). See App-117 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 8:1

MATT. 8And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. (Matthew 8:1)The first result of the Sermon on the Mount was to establish the popularity of Jesus on a vast scale. To be sure, it did not occur to the great multitudes that followed him that the strict principles he advocated would, in fact, be rejected by the vast majority of them who so eagerly followed. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:1-4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 8:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 8:1

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