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And there came a leper, etc. (Matthew 8:1). See also the commentary on Matthew 8:1.
Kneeling down to him. He k…

And there came a leper.—See Notes on Matthew 8:1-4. The miracle appears in St. Matthew as following closely on the Sermon on the Mount.

This was another very wonderful miracle. All that dryness of the skin, that scaliness, that peeling, that inward foulness that eats into the bones …

The Venerable Bede: After the serpent-tongue of the devils was silenced and the woman who was first deceived was cured of a fev…

“Filled with compassion” is probably better read as “being angered,” a reading found in older, more reliable manuscripts. Why would Jesus be angry?…

And as soon as he had spoken
The above words,
immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he w…

We have here Christ's cleansing of a leper. It teaches us to apply to the Saviour with great humility, and with full submi ion to his will, saying,…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes