Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 8:14

"And when Jesus was come into Peter`s house, he saw his wife`s mother lying sick of a fever." — Matthew 8:14 (ASV)

It was a feverish place. Piety does not make unsanitary places healthy. Peter had a wife. Let the so-called successors of Peter remember that fact. His wife’s mother became ill with the fever. Holiness does not secure immunity from disease. This mother-in-law was an especially good woman, as she was allowed to live with her son-in-law, and he was anxious for her to be restored to health.

The Lord Jesus saw the sick woman, as she was not kept hidden in a back room, and He was not concerned about staying away from the contagious illness. Jesus feared no fever. Our Lord sees all our sick loved ones, and in this lies our hope for their recovery.