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Matthew 8:2

Matthew 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And behold there came a leper,.... As soon as he came down from the mountain, and whilst he was in the way; though Luke says, Luk 5:12 "when he was in a certain city"; in one of the cities of Galilee;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There came a leper - No disease with which the human family has been afflicted has been more dreadful than that which is often mentioned in the Bible “as the leprosy.” It first exhibits itself on the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 8:1-4

The first verse refers to the close of the foregoing sermon: the people that heard him were astonished at his doctrine; and the effect was, that when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a leper St Luke has "full of leprosy," a term implying the gravity of the disease, not that it covered the whole body, in which case the leper was pronounced clean, Lev 13:12-13; Lev 13:16-17. See Our…