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A Stern Warning
Scholars highlight the intense language Jesus uses. The Greek for "strictly charged" is a powerful word, suggesting a horse's snort or deep emotion. This wasn't a mild request; it was a forceful command showing Jesus' seriousness about his mission and his deep feelings about sin, which leprosy symbolized.
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Albert Barnes
On Mark 1:40–44
18th Century
Theologian
And there came a leper, etc. (Matthew 8:1). See also the commentary on Matthew 8:1.
Kneeling down to him. He k…
AT Robertson
On Mark 1:43
Strictly charged (εμβριμησαμενος). Only in Mark. Luke 5:14 has παρηγγειλεν (commanded). Mark's word occurs also in 14:5…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 1:40–43
19th Century
Bishop
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.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 1:43–44
19th Century
Preacher
That was all he was to do: to go and show himself to the priest, so that it might be officially known and certified that he was clean, and he was n…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 1:43
“Sent him away” is from a word often used of driving out demons, and “with a strong warning” originally meant “to snort like a horse.” In other wor…
John Gill
On Mark 1:43
17th Century
Pastor
And he straitly charged him; &c.] Either with the sin which had been the cause of this leprosy, and to take care that he …
Matthew Henry
On Mark 1:40–45
17th Century
Minister
We have here Christ's cleansing of a leper. It teaches us to apply to the Saviour with great humility, and with full submission to his will, saying…