“ When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ”
When he was come down from the mountain - That is, immediately on his descending from the mountain. His discourse had attracted great attention, and the fame of it drew together great multitudes,...
The Healing of a Leper ( Mark 1:40-45 *, Luke 5:12-16 ). Mt. omits the healing of the demoniac ( Mark 1:23-28 ), and gives this incident perhaps in illustration of Christ's attitude to the Law. L...
When . And when. from . away from. Greek. apo.
Matthew 8:1 . And when he had come down from the mountain Matthew now returns to the course of the history. He had formerly said, that Christ went up into a mountain, (verse 1) then he th...
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. From the mountain - That mountain on which he had delivered the preceding inimitable sermon. Great multitudes followed him - H...
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. The time of this miracle seem too definitely fixed here to admit of our placing it where it stands in Mark and Luke, in...
When he was come down ] Only St. Matthew mentions the historical connexion of this miracle, though both St. Mark and St. Luke agree that it took place during one of the early preaching tours in Gali...
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 tab...
Chapter 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1-34 - Matthew 9:1-35 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23 , we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preach...
Rewards of Faith Matthew 8:1-10 The Lord can touch thy heart, leprous with impurity, and make its stain depart, so that, as in the case of Naaman, its foulness shall become like “unto the flesh...
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 powe...
We have here the LORD JESUS confirming his word by miracles. Jesus cleanseth a Leper, healeth the Centurion's servant, the mother-in-law of Peter, with many others; stilleth the waves of the sea, cas...
LAW AND LIFE ‘When He was come down from the mountain great multitudes followed Him.’ Matthew 8:1 The mount from which our Lord descended to work this miracle of healing was the Mount of the...
When he was come down from the mountain ,.... Into which he went up, and preached the sermon recorded in the "three" preceding Chapter s: great multitudes followed him : which is mentioned, partly...
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. Ver. 1. Great multitudes followed him ] Many thousands, as Bodinius De Claritate Christi proveth out of ancient writers....
When he was come down from the mountain Where he had delivered the divine discourse contained in the preceding Chapter s; great multitudes followed him To the town toward which he went, desirous,...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compa...
The Leper Healed. 1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper and...
MATTHEW CHAPTER 8 Matthew 8:2-4 Christ cleanseth the leper, Matthew 8:5-13 healeth the centurion's servant, Matthew 8:14-15 Peter's mother-in-law, Matthew 8:16-17 and many other disea...
Introductory Words (8:1). These words set the scene for what follows, and together with Matthew 9:35 form an inclusio for the passage. In them His ministry is seen to be a public ministry, and H...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 8:2 . And behold, etc.—The time of this miracle seems too definitely fixed here to admit of our placing it where it stands in Mark and Luke, in whose Gospels no such prec...
Matthew 8:1-4 Jesus and Imperfect Faith. I. Notice the leper's appeal to Christ. This appeal, as every other, must have had some manner of faith to rest upon. The leper believed in a healing virt...
Matthew 8:1 . When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. There was a charm about his preaching, not that he modified his doctrine, or that he cut down his precepts; h...
Matthew 8:2 . Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him. After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, the...
And, behold, there came a leper. The leper’s cure I. The leper’s faith. II. Christ’s treatment or the leper. 1. That this disease is a type of moral corruption. 2. God’s grace alone ca...
EXPOSITION Matthew 8:1-40 MESSIAH 'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING . We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs...
The Healing of the Leper. v. 1. When He was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. While He was coming down from the mountain, where He had delivered His great sermon, and...
Luke 14:25-27 ; Luke 5:15 ; Matthew 12:15 ; Matthew 15:30 ; Matthew 19:2 ; Matthew 20:29 ; Matthew 4:25 ; Matthew 8:18 ; Mark 3:7 ; Matthew 5:1
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...