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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 which he expresses at once his willingness, "I...
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. 5-18. III. His communing with two that were...
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 instant, wrought for ever — the man was cleansed, never...
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, concerning the Master’s willingness; but he will...
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 faith rather than upon the flaw that was in it, and if...