Matthew 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ”

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

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 foun...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  3. Having stretched out his hand, he touched Under the Law, the touch of a leper was infectious; but as Christ possesses such purity as to repel all filth and defilement, he does not,...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Jesus put forth his hand - I will; be thou clean - The most sovereign authori...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Jesus put forth his hand, &c.— Dr. Doddridge supposes that our Saviour took this leper aside from the multitude, without which he thinks there could have been no room for the charge of secr...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus (or 'He,' according to another reading) - "moved with compass...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Demoniacs 1-4. Cleansing of the leper ( Mark...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him. — The act was itself a proof at once of the will and the power to heal. He did not fear becoming unclean by that contact, and was therefore not subject to...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Though this act of cleansing the Leper is by Matthew recorded as the first of CHRIST'S miracles, yet we have no authority so to conclude, for John records the first miracle to have been at the marria...

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• Matthew 8:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  SIN AND ITS CLEANSING ‘And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.’ Matthew 8:3 These words, spoken to a leper, were the very last words that any one, save H...

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• Matthew 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him ,.... This is a wonderful instance both of the grace, and goodness of Christ, in touching this loathsome creature; and of his unspotted purity and holin...

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• Matthew 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Ver. 3. And Jesus put forth his hand, &c. ] The law forbade contactu...

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• Matthew 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Leper Healed.       1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.   2 And, behold, there came a leper and...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By the law of God, Leviticus 5:3 , he that touched another who was unclean (as the leper was, Leviticus 13:1-14 :57 ) was unclean; how then doth Christ (who was subject to the law) touch the lep...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Reveals Himself As The Coming One By His Acts of Power and Proclamation Of The Good News (8:1-9). In Matthew 11:4-5 Jesus sends to a doubting John in prison these words, ‘Tell John the thi...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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• Matthew 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 5:11 ; 2 Kings 5:14 ; Genesis 1:3 ; John 11:43 ; John 15:24 ; John 5:21 ; Luke 17:14 ; Luke 17:15 ; Luke 5:13 ; Luke 7:14 ; Mark 1:41 ; Mark 4:39 ; Mark 5:41 ; Mark 7:34 ; Mark...

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• Matthew 8:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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...

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