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and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
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Jesus' Strategic Wisdom
Commentators explain that Jesus' command for silence and a visit to the priest was strategic. It upheld the Mosaic Law, prevented a premature messianic uprising focused on miracles, and secured an official, undeniable testimony of his power from the religious authorities themselves.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And there came a leper, etc. (Matthew 8:1). See also the commentary on Matthew 8:1.
Kneeling down to him. He k…
For a testimony unto them (εις μαρτυριον αυτοις). Without the formal testimony of the priests the people would not receive the lep…
19th Century
Baptist
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…
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“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…
16th Century
Protestant
Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44. For a testimony to them: some consider testimony here to mean a law or stat…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And says to him, see you say nothing to any man By the way, till he came to the priest;
but go your wa…
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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…
