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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When he was come down from the mountain,.... Into which he went up, and preached the sermon recorded in the "three" preceding chapters: great multitudes followed him: which is mentioned, partly to shew, that the people which came from several parts, still continued with him, being affected with his discourses and miracles; and partly on account of...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The evangelist having, in the foregoing chapters, given us a specimen of our Lord's preaching, proceeds now to give some instances of the miracles he wrought, which prove him a Teacher come from God, and the great Healer of a diseased world. In this chapter we have, I. Christ's cleansing of a leper, ver. 1-4. II. His curing a palsy and fever, ver....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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; he spoke very plainly, very searchingly, and yet the people came to hear him. There is a something in the conscience of man that makes him turn away from that which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or there one who is the notable individual. There may be a great company come up outwardly to worship, but it is the soul that comes into contact with Christ that is the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper — You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any congregation, while it may be recorded that so many people came together, the special case that will be noted by the recording angel will be that of anyone who comes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold there came a leper,.... As soon as he came down from the mountain, and whilst he was in the way; though Luke says, Lu 5:12 "when he was in a certain city"; in one of the cities of Galilee; one of their large towns, or unwalled cities, into which a leper might come: he might not come into walled (b) towns, at least they might turn him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, Never mind about the crowd; fix your eye on the one man; behold, etc. —here is a mark of attention. Mat_8:2. There came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. He could not live in the city, but he might be found on the mount, in the outskirts of the crowd, where he would hear that gracious...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Come, then, to Christ, even though your faith be very incomplete. There may be, as there was with the leper, an “if” about it, and an “if” about a very vital point, namely,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And worshipped him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. His faith was not as strong as it might have been. There was an “if” in it; but, still, it was genuine faith, and our loving Lord fixed his eye upon the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 holiness, which could not be defiled by it; and of his mighty power in healing by a touch, and with a word of his mouth, saying, I will, be thou clean: in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, Not making himself unclean, as any other man would have done, but making him clean whom he touched. Mat_8:3. Saying, I will; A word of encouragement. Mat_8:3. Be thou clean. A word of power. Mat_8:3. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Christ’s grace, which usually wrought at once, in an...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 counsel to this man, that whilst he was on the road to Jerusalem, and when he was come there, that he would speak of it to no man, before he came to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, See thou tell no man; Do not spread the news, the crowd is inconvenient already. It was not only Christ’s modesty, but Christ’s wisdom to keep down the throng a little, for they were too many which gathered about him. Mat_8:4. But go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; He will never say that to you, or to me; but while he was here on earth, our Lord was very modest and retiring. He wished to conceal himself as much as possible. He did not strive, nor cry, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets. He sets us an example of what true power is; for true power...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum,.... Was returned from his journey through Galilee, to the place where he before dwelt, and is called his own city, Matthew 9:1 there came unto him a centurion, a Roman officer, שר מאה, "a commander of an hundred men", as the Hebrew Gospel by Munster reads it: though the number of men under a "centurion"...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, Which I may call his headquarters, he seems to have taken up his abode here for a time, to have gone to and fro to Capernaum. Mat_8:5. There came unto him a centurion, An officer over a hundred men, of some importance in those days; a small band of the Roman army placed in Herod’s territory, perhaps to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Sir Risdon Bennett tells us that there is a species of palsy which is accompanied with great pain, and we know, even from the apocrypha, there is a case there of a man grievously tormented with palsy — not exactly the same thing, perhaps, that we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, There came, doubtless, a great number of people when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, but Matthew does not mention them; yet he does say, “There came unto him a centurion.” Notice how these individuals are brought out by the Scriptural narrative-“a leper”-“a centurion.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: What a blessed thing it is to have that sense of unworthiness! Some are very flippant in the...