Matthew 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus saith unto him,See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. ”

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

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

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 o...
Matthew 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And Jesus saith to him, See that thou tell it not to any one Some persons, by way of excusing the leper, think that Christ did not seriously forbid him to publish the miracle, but rath...
Matthew 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Jesus saith - See thou tell no man - Ha...
Matthew 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

See thou tell no man— Jesus commanded the leper without all delay to haste to Jerusalem, lest, if the report of his cure should arrive before him, the priests, through envy, might refuse to pronoun...
Matthew 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. And Jesus ("straitly charged hi...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See thou tell no man. — St. Mark adds, with his usual vividness, “straitly charged,” or vehemently urged him, and “forthwith sent him away.” The reasons of the command are not given, but are not fa...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus saith unto him, see thou tell no man , c] Not that this fact could be concealed, if it was done publicly, before the multitude nor was it Christ's design that it should be; only it was his...
Matthew 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Ver. 4. See thou tell no man ] Chri...
Matthew 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Some think that our Saviour only commanded him silence until he had showed himself unto the priest, and he, according to the law, Leviticus 13:1-59 , should have pronounced him clean, lest their e...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miracle:
Matthew 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 5:7 ; 2 Kings 5:8 ; Isaiah 42:21 ; John 10:37 ; John 10:38 ; John 5:41 ; John 7:18 ; John 8:50 ; Leviticus 13:2 ; Leviticus 14:2 ; Luke 17:14 ; Luke 21:13 ; Luke 5:14 ; Mark 1:4...
Matthew 8:4 - 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...
Matthew 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

See thou tell no man — Perhaps our Lord only meant here, Not till thou hast showed thyself to the priest — who was appointed to inquire into the case of leprosy. But many others he commanded, absol...

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

Matthew 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 8:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 8:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes