Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:1-4
The cleansing of a leprous Jew 8:1-4 (cf. Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16) read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:1-17
1. Jesus’ ability to heal 8:1-17This first group of four miracle events apparently all happened on the same day (Matthew 8:16). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:1-34
A. Demonstrations of the King’s power 8:1-9:34Matthew described Jesus’ ministry as consisting of teaching, preaching, and healing in Matthew 4:23. Chapters 5-7 record what He taught His disciples: principles of the kingdom. We have the essence of His preaching ministry in Matthew 4:17. Now in Matthew 8:1 to Matthew 9:34 we see His healing ministry. He demonstrated authority over human beings, unseen spiritual powers, and the world of nature. Matthew showed that Jesus’ ability proves that He is... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:2-3
Matthew typically used the phrase kai idou ("and behold," not translated in the NIV) to mark the beginning of a new section, not to indicate the next event chronologically.The exact nature of biblical leprosy is unknown. Apparently it included what we call leprosy today, Hansen’s disease, but it involved other skin diseases too (cf. Leviticus 13-14). [Note: A Dictionary of New Testament Theology, s.v. "Leprosy," by R. K. Harrison, 2:363-66; Rebecca A. and E. Eugene Baillie, "Biblical Leprosy as... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:4
Why did Jesus tell the cleansed leper to tell no one about his cleansing? Probably Jesus did not want the news of this cleansing broadcast widely because it would have attracted multitudes whose sole interest would have been to obtain physical healing. [Note: Tasker, p. 87.] In other words, He wanted to limit His purely physical appeal since He came to provide much more than just physical healing. [Note: Ned B. Stonehouse, The Witness of Matthew and Mark to Christ, p. 62.] A corollary of this... read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 8:3
8:3 touched (e-8) As Mark 1:41 . read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 8:4
8:4 for (f-25) Eis . as ch. 12.20, 'unto.' read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:1-34
The Leper Cleansed. The Centurion’s Servant Healed. Healing of Peter’s Wife’s Mother and many others. Stilling of the Tempest. Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40; Luke 5:12). No natural explanation of this miracle is possible. Leprosy has always been, and is still, one of the most intractable diseases. Under the Mosiac Law lepers were regarded as unclean and excluded entirely from human society: see Leviticus 13, 14, and notes. Considered as a parable this... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 8:1
VIII.(1) We enter here on a series of events, following, in St. Matthew’s arrangement, on the great discourse. They are common to St. Mark and St. Luke, but are not narrated, as the following table will show, in the same order:—ST. MATTHEW.ST. MARK.ST. LUKE.(1.)The leper (Matthew 8:1-4).(1.)Peter’s wife’s mother (Mark 1:29-31).(1.)Peter’s wife’s mother (Luke 4:38-39).(2.)The servant of the centurion (Matthew 8:5-13).(2.)The leper (Mark 1:40-45).(2.)The leper (Luke 5:12-15).(3.)Peter’s wife’s... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 8:1
III. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE KING 8:1-11:1"Matthew has laid the foundational structure for his argument in chapters one through seven. The genealogy and birth have attested to the legal qualifications of the Messiah as they are stated in the Old Testament. Not only so, but in His birth great and fundamental prophecies have been fulfilled. The King, according to protocol, has a forerunner preceding Him in His appearance on the scene of Israel’s history. The moral qualities of Jesus have been... read more