matthew-8:14,-matthew-8:15-niv

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 8:14-17

What a beautiful representation is here made, in a short compass, of the lovely, and all-loving JESUS! With a word only the Lord healed! Think of. his sovereignty: think of his grace. And let not the Reader overlook what is said of his taking our infirmities, and bearing our sicknesses. Mark, I pray you, it is said, that Himself did it. JESUS CHRIST personally did this. It is the Person of CHRIST, as God-man, in this instance, we are everlastingly to keep in view. Not the person of the FATHER,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:14

Into Peter's house. That is, which had been Peter's house; for now he had quitted house, and all things to follow Christ. (Witham) --- According to St. Mark, (i. 29,) and St. Luke, (iv. 38,) the cure of Peter's mother-in-law seems to have been performed previously to the sermon on the mount, of which St. Luke makes mention in chap. vi. We may suppose that St. Matthew mentions it in this order, on occasion of the miracle performed in the same place on the centurion's servant. (Bible de Vence) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:14-17

14-17 Peter had a wife, yet was an apostle of Christ, who showed that he approved of the married state, by being thus kind to Peter's wife's relations. The church of Rome, which forbids ministers to marry, goes contrary to that apostle upon whom they rest so much. He had his wife's mother with him in his family, which is an example to be kind to our relations. In spiritual healing, the Scripture speaks the word, the Spirit gives the touch, touches the heart, touches the hand. Those who recover... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 8:1-99

Matthew 8 AFTER THESE THREE chapters filled with His teachings, Matthew gives us two chapters occupied with His works of power. It was not enough for Him to enunciate the principles of the kingdom, He displayed the power of the kingdom in a variety of striking ways. There are five main illustrations of that power in Matthew 8.0 , and again in Matthew 9.0 . In each case we may say that the miracle the Lord performed in connection with human bodies, or with visible and tangible things, was a... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 8:14-15

Various Miracles of Healing. Cure of a fever: v. 14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. v. 15. And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and ministered unto them. Jesus had, on a certain Sabbath-day, attended the synagogue. Returning from there, and coming into the house of Peter, who here bears his name as disciple, Jesus saw a sad condition of affairs, Mark 1:29-Obadiah :; Luke 4:38-Malachi :. Peter's... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 8:14-17

IIThe disease in the family; the diseases in the city. Salvation spreading from the household of Peter, or the dwelling of the Lord (the Church), into the cityMatthew 8:14-1714And when Jesus was [had] come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laidand sick of a fe Matthew 8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose,and ministered unto them [him].8 16When the even [evening] was come, they brought9 unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 8:11-17

the Great Physician Matthew 8:11-17 A feast was the Hebrew conception of heaven. The Jews thought they were secure of it, because of their descent from Abraham. Grace is not hereditary; to receive it, every man has to exercise a personal faith in Christ. Let us see to it that our religion is absolutely true, lest it land us in hopeless disappointment. Notice that faith is the measure of divine performance- as… so…. Our Lord can deliver from the fever-heat of passion and make the soul calm,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:1-34

The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power; leprosy, palsy, fever, all fly before Him, and mark the cosmopolitanism of His giving-a leper, a Roman, a woman, all the despised in the Jewish mind. In that wonderful evening, when the crowds gathered, and the King took their infirmities and bore their diseases, what a radiant revelation He... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 8:1-17

The Miracle-Working Christ Matthew 8:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. On the mountain top. The mountain tops in the Bible stand forth in bold review. They represent Heavenly experiences, fellowship with God, and stand for visions of the things to come. (1) We read in Deuteronomy these words: "And Moses went up * * to the top of Pisgah, * * and the Lord shewed him all the land." It was above the miasma of the swamp and the valley that Moses ascended. What a wonderful view was his! From Nebo's... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:14

‘And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever.’ This incident occurs in all three synoptic Gospels. It gains in importance to Matthew because she is one of the inner group of believers who welcome Jesus to their homes. But she was not welcoming Him this time. She was tossing and turning on her mattress. Matthew points out that Jesus ‘saw’ her. Thus he sees Jesus as taking personal direct note of her. It is a reminder to us that He knows also about... read more