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31. κρατήσας τῆς χειρός. We have the same action in the cases of Jairus’s daughter (Mar 5:41), the blind man at Bethsaida (Mar 8:23), and the demoniac boy (Mar 9:27); cf. Mar 9:36. Lk. substitutes that “He stood over her and rebuked the fever.” Κρατέω c. acc. implies complete control (Mar 3:21, Mar 6:17, Mar 12:12, etc.), c. gen., grasping only a part (Mar 5:41, Mar 9:27). On the aor. part, see Blass, § 58. 4. On the combination of participles see on Mar 1:15.
διηκόνει. All three have this imperf., and the beloved physician, who states that the fever was a “great” one, emphasizes διηκόνει with his favourite παραχρῆμα. A person just recovered from a fever is usually too weak to minister to others; verum sanitas quae Domini confertur imperio simul tota redit (Bede). It is at the Sabbath meal after the synagogue service that she waits on Christ and His disciples. In this she showed her gratitude and her joy in regained strength. Ἐὰν κατεχόμενον νοσήματι ἰάσηταί σε ὁ θεός, τῇ ὑγιείᾳ κέχρησο πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἁγίων διακονίαν (Theoph.).