Luke 5:12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:
As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease.
Luke 5:12. Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
He felt that the difficulty lay in the will of Christ, not in his power. No other teacher would have looked at such a man. Everybody shrank from him, for he scattered defilement wherever he moved. A leper was a being from whom all kept clear, so this one was afraid that the great Teacher was not willing to cure him. "If thou wilt," said he, "thou canst," ¾ ‘I know that thou canst make me clean.’
Luke 5:12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:
As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease.
Luke 5:12. Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
He felt that the difficulty lay in the will of Christ, not in his power. No other teacher would have looked at such a man. Everybody shrank from him, for he scattered defilement wherever he moved. A leper was a being from whom all kept clear, so this one was afraid that the great Teacher was not willing to cure him. "If thou wilt," said he, "thou canst," ¾ ‘I know that thou canst make me clean.’