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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he preached in their synagogues,.... Which were in the next towns, in the village cities, and throughout all Galilee: taking every town and city in his circuit, he continued preaching the Gospel of the kingdom in one place and another, until he had gone over the whole country: and cast out devils; as out of the souls, so out of the bodies of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. It is a pity that he could not go further than to say to Christ. “If thou wilt,” but it is a great mercy that he could go as far as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there came a leper to him,.... After he was come down from a certain mountain, in Galilee, where he had been preaching to the people, Matthew 8:1, and when be was in a certain city, Lu 5:12, either Capernaum, or some other city of Galilee. This man was full of leprosy, as Luke says, and very probably deemed incurable; of the nature and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus, moved with compassion,.... At the sad and deplorable case the poor man was in, being a merciful high priest, and not with a desire of popular applause, and vain glory: put forth his hand and touched him; though the leprosy was spread all over him, and there was no place clean, and touching him was forbidden by the law: and saith unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus, moved with compassion,-- This is a wonderful expression: “moved with compassion.” The face of Jesus and his whole person showed that his very soul was stirred by an intense fellow-feeling for this poor leper: Jesus, moved with compassion,- Mar_1:41. Put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. If you...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as soon as he had spoken,.... The above words, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed; from it, and which seems to be done not by touching him, but by the words spoken, which were accompanied with such power, as to effect the cure in an instant; [See comments on Matthew 8:3].
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. This was another very wonderful miracle. All that dryness of the skin, that scurf, that peeling, that inward foulness that eats into the bones, and pollutes the very current of the blood — all this was quite gone, the Lord Jesus Christ made this foul,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he straitly charged him;.... Either with the sin which had been the cause of this leprosy, and to take care that he sinned that sin no more, lest a worse evil should befall him; for sin was usually the cause of leprosy, as the cases of Miriam, Gehazi, and Uzziah show. It is said to come upon men for seven things. The seven abominations...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. That was all he was to do, — to go and show himself to the priest, so that it might be officially known...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And saith unto him, see thou say nothing to any man,.... By the way, till he came to the priest; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest: the Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests"; and the Vulgate Latin renders it, "to the chief priest"; but any priest might judge of the cleansing of a leper; and offer for thy cleansing those things...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But he went out,.... Either out of the synagogue; for in Mr 1:39, it is said, that Christ preached in their synagogues, c. and in Mr 1:40, "there came a leper to him" and Luke very, plainly suggests, that he was in the city, Lu 5:12, and he might be in the synagogue: and this was allowed a leper, according to the Jewish canons, provided some rules...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter the city,- There were such crowds that he could not work his miracles of healing. The disobedient man was no doubt moved by gratitude, which seems a very proper motive; yet his disobedience caused Christ serious...