Luke 5:13

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 Gill on Mat…

Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luk 5:12-14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city (Luk 5:12); it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist…

and touched him This was a distinct violation of the letter, but not of course of the spiritof the Mosaic law (Lev 13:46; Num 5:2). In order to prevent the accidental violation of this law, lepers,…