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Touching the leper is seemingly in defiance of Leviticus 5:3 and touching an unclean leper would have made Jesus himself unclean. Keener argues that this is not a violation of the law, as Jesus is fulfilling it by his act of cleansing the leper. [5] Bede used this verse as a compact criticism of various heresies he perceived.
A man full of leprosy came and knelt before him and inquired him saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Mark and Luke do not connect the verse to the Sermon. Jesus Christ reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Instantly he was healed of his leprosy.
Local priests were found throughout the Jewish areas, but to make sacrifice the leper would have to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem. [3] Early commentators, such as John Chrysostom, read the leper providing evidence of the miracle as an attack on the Jewish establishment, defiant proof of Jesus' divinity to the establishment. More likely the ...
Matthew also adds lord to his version, again emphasizing the importance of Jesus. [3] Lord in Matthew is only used by disciples and followers of Jesus, it was not a term of general politeness. [4] This story of the Leper occurs in both Mark and Luke, with this verse being paralleled by both Mark 1:40 and Luke 5:12.
Jesus tells him she was only sleeping and wakes her with the words Talitha kum! The Young Man from Nain. [38] A young man, the son of a widow, is brought out for burial in Nain. Jesus sees her, and his pity causes him to tell her not to cry. Jesus approaches the coffin and tells the man inside to get up, and he does so. The Raising of Lazarus. [39]
Jesus addresses his remarks to the crowd that has been following him since Matthew 8:1. [2] This is the only time in Matthew where Jesus is amazed by anything, and one of the very mentions of Jesus' emotions in Matthew. [3] The only other time in the gospels that Jesus is amazed is in Mark 6:6 where he is astonished by the unbelief of his ...
Ten lepers, seeing Jesus, "raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Jesus healed all ten, telling them to, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." All left, but only one eventually returned, prompting Jesus to say: “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to praise God except this ...
Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684) According to St. Jerome, in the Gospel which the Nazareni and Ebionites use, which was written in Hebrew and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the Gospel of Matthew, the man with the withered hand, was a mason.