Commentaries on Luke 5:13

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And he put forth his hand and touched him,.... Having compassion on him, and commiserating his sad case: saying, I will, be thou clean; and immediately the leprosy departed from him; [See comments on Matthew 8:3].

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ preaching to the people out of Peter's ship, for want of a better pulpit, ver. 1-3. II. The recompence he made to Peter for the loan of his boat, in a miraculous draught of fishes, by which he intimated to him and his partners his design to make them, as apostles, fishers of men, ver. 4-11. III. His cleansing the leper, ver. 12-15. IV. A short account of his...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and brought him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he put forth his hand, and touched him, — The perfectly pure One touched the leprous man without himself becoming contaminated. In any other house, the man who touched a leper would have been defiled; but, when Christ comes into contact with impurity, he is not defiled, but he removes it....

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. — Ask him to touch thee also, poor leprous soul; thou who art full of sin, thou who art deeply conscious that the deadly disease of sin is upon thee incurably. Ask him but to touch thee, for the touch of his finger shall make thee clean in a moment. Christ’s cures are often instantaneous. He, who could speak a world...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, This was a wonderful instance of condescending love on the part of the Lord Jesus; and touching the leper did not defile him. On the contrary, Christ removed the defilement from the leper: “He touched him,” Luk_5:13. Saying, I will: be thou clean. It was the will of Christ that wrought the miracle, that secret movement of the heart of Christ, that...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. This is just what Christ can do also in the spiritual realm. If a man be full of sin, let him but fall down on his face before Jesus, and say, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,” and the Lord will put out his hand, and touch him, and he will be clean in a moment....