John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 8:2 - 8:2

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 8:2 - 8:2


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Mat 8:2. Λεπρὸς, a leper) The most grievous diseases were leprosy (cf. with this passage 2Ki 5:7), paralysis (cf. Mar 2:3 with Mat 8:6) and fever (see Mat 8:14). It is probable that the leper[355] had listened to our Lord’s discourse from a distance.-ἘᾺΝ, Κ.Τ.Λ., if, etc.) the leper does not doubt our Lord’s power, but he humbly rests the event upon His will alone. Faith exclaims, if Thou wilt, not, if Thou canst; see Mar 9:22.-δύνασαι, Thou canst) At the commencement of His ministry, the chief object of Faith was the omnipotence of Jesus. This faith the leper might have conceived from His discourse.

[355] Whose cure Matthew places, in the correct order, between the Sermon on the Mount and the cure of the centurion’s servant.-Harm., p. 252.