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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
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A Perfect and Complete Cure
Multiple commentators emphasize that the healing was not only instantaneous but also complete. Unlike a natural recovery from a fever, which leaves a person weak, Peter's mother-in-law was immediately restored to full strength. Her ability to rise and serve is presented as proof of the perfect and powerful nature of Christ's miracles.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This account is also contained in Mark 1:29-31 and Luke 4:38-39. Mark adds that Simon and Andrew lived together, and that James and John went with …
Touched her hand (ηψατο της χειρος αυτης). In loving sympathy as the Great Physician and like any good doctor today.
19th Century
Anglican
She arose, and ministered unto them—The fact is stated to show the completeness of the work of healing. The “great fever”…
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Baptist
Our Lord was implored by her friends and therefore took her hand, and by a touch recovered her. The first miracle in this chapter was by a touch, t…
The main emphasis in this story is on Jesus’ authority. Peter was married (1 Corinthians 9:5) and had moved with his brother Andrew fro…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he touched her hand Sometimes he healed by a word, as the centurion's servant; and sometimes by a touch, as here…
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Peter had a wife, yet was an apostle of Christ, who showed that He approved of the married state by being so kind to Peter's wife's relations. The …
13th Century
Catholic
And when Jesus had come into Simon Peter’s house, etc. Christ’s power is commended in the cure of the leper; it is also c…
