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There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
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God's Sovereign Grace
Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry explain that Jesus uses the healing of Naaman to illustrate God's sovereignty. Just as God chose to heal a Syrian leper while many in Israel remained afflicted, He has the absolute right to extend His mercy and grace to whomever He chooses, not based on nationality or expectation, but according to His own divine will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Many lepers. For an account of the leprosy, see Barnes on Matthew 8:1.
Time of Eliseus. Time of Elisha. The word Elise…
In the time of Elisha the prophet (επ Ελισαιου του προφητου). This use of επ with the genitive for "in the time of" is a good Gree…
19th Century
Anglican
Eliseus the prophet.—The original gives, as was natural, the Greek form of Elisha, as previously for Elijah.
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Baptist
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he …
Jesus does not state here that the prophets Elijah (v.26) and Elisha (v.27) went to Gentiles because they were rejected by the Jews; rather, they w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And many lepers were in Israel The leprosy was a disease very common among the Jews; hence those laws concerning it …
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