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When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened, as they went, they were cleansed.
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Faith is Active Obedience
Commentators unanimously highlight that Jesus' command was a profound test of faith. The lepers were not healed first and then told to go; they were told to go while still leprous. Their healing occurred "as they went," demonstrating that faith is not passive waiting but active obedience. God often meets us with His power when we are on the path of obeying His word, even before we see the final result.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Go show yourselves, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 8:4.
By this command he gave them an implied assurance that they would be healed; fo…
As they went (εν τω υπαγειν αυτους). Favourite Lukan idiom of εν with articular infinitive as in 17:11 and often.
19th Century
Anglican
Go shew yourselves unto the priests.—On the meaning and purpose of this command, see Note on Matthew 8:4. Here, however, …
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Baptist
And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
As the sinner believes, he is saved. As a man begins to go towards the …
Jesus’ command required obedience based on some faith in his healing ability (cf. Matthew 12:13; Mark 3:5). On their way to …
16th Century
Protestant
Show yourselves to the priests. This reply was equivalent to saying, “You are clean;” for we know that the discernment of leprosy belonged…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he saw [them], he said unto them. When upon their loud cry he looked up, and towards them, and saw what a condit…
A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to commit ourselves to the compassions of…
