THE HEALING OF THE LEPER. v. 1. WHEN HE WAS COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN, GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM. While He was coming down from the mountain, where He had delivered His great sermon, and especially when He had fully descended into the plain, when He had, in fact, reached one of the cities of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A LEPER, AND WORSHIPED HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MAKE ME CLEAN. The evangelist uses the formula for introducing a narrative, for stimulating interest. A leper came to Him, transgressing, in his eagerness and his earnest desire for help, the rules which had b... [ Continue Reading ]
The miracle:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOUCHED HIM, SAYING, I WILL; BE THOU CLEAN. AND IMMEDIATELY HIS LEPROSY WAS CLEANSED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, SEE THOU TELL NO MAN, BUT GO THY WAY, SHOW THYSELF TO THE PRIEST, AND OFFER THE GIFT THAT MOSES COMMANDED, FOR A TESTIMONY UNTO THEM. Jesus was touched with compassion, Mark 1:41. His sympathy and willingness to help cause Him to stretch forth His hand and touch the leper,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CENTURION OF CAPERNAUM. v. 5. AND WHEN JESUS WAS ENTERED INTO CAPERNAUM, THERE CAME UNTO HIM A CENTURION, BESEECHING HIM,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAYING, LORD, MY SERVANT LIETH AT HOME SICK OF THE PALSY, GRIEVOUSLY TORMENTED. The incident here narrated may have taken place immediately after the cleansing of the leper or after some time, when Jesus had made one of His Galilean journeys. Jesus had entered into Capernaum, the city which He c... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I WILL COME AND HEAL HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
The offer of Jesus and the centurion's answer:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CENTURION ANSWERED AND SAID, LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY THAT THOU SHOULDEST COME UNDER MY ROOF; BUT SPEAK THE WORD ONLY, AND MY SERVANT SHALL BE HEALED. Christ's sympathy is aroused, though an actual prayer for help has not been made, a mere statement of need and trouble being sufficient. He expressl... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I AM A MAN UNDER AUTHORITY, HAVING SOLDIERS UNDER ME; AND I SAY TO THIS MAN, GO, AND HE GOETH; AND TO ANOTHER, COME, AND HE COMETH; AND TO MY SERVANT, DO THIS, AND HE DOETH IT. No self-important boasting here, but a modesty which makes his argument all the stronger, since it gives to Christ the... [ Continue Reading ]
The astonishment of Jesus;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS HEARD IT, HE MARVELED, AND SAID TO THEM THAT FOLLOWED, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, I HAVE NOT FOUND SO GREAT FAITH, NO, NOT IN ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT MANY SHALL COME FROM THE EAST AND WEST, AND SHALL SIT DOWN WITH ABRAHAM, AND ISAAC, AND JACOB IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS; THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH. Any evidence of implicit, trusting faith always affected Jesus very deeply, Matthew 15:28. He was here filled with great surprise and wonder. Not even in Israel, where such faith, suc... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THE CENTURION, GO THY WAY, AND AS THOU HAST BELIEVED, SO BE IT DONE UNTO THEE. AND HIS SERVANT WAS HEALED IN THE SELFSAME HOUR. As was the faith, so was the cure. The trust in the power of the word brought the word with power to heal. Christ speaks under great emotion, granting... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN JESUS WAS COME INTO PETER'S HOUSE, HE SAW HIS WIFE'S MOTHER LAID, AND SICK OF A FEVER.... [ Continue Reading ]
VARIOUS MIRACLES OF HEALING. Cure of a fever:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE TOUCHED HER HAND, AND THE FEVER LEFT HER; AND SHE AROSE AND MINISTERED UNTO THEM. Jesus had, on a certain Sabbath-day, attended the synagogue. Returning from there, and coming into the house of Peter, who here bears his name as disciple, Jesus saw a sad condition of affairs, Mark 1:29; Luke 4... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS; AND HE CAST OUT THE SPIRITS WITH HIS WORD, AND HEALED ALL THAT WERE SICK,... [ Continue Reading ]
Events of that Sabbath-evening:... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY ESAIAS THE PROPHET, SAYING, HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES, AND BARE OUR SICKNESSES. All Galilee was filled with the report concerning Christ, and a steady stream of sick people with their relatives was usually pouring in from every direction. It was afte... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW WHEN JESUS SAW GREAT MULTITUDES ABOUT HIM, HE GAVE COMMANDMENT TO DEPART UNTO THE OTHER SIDE. IT WAS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING. JESUS HAD SPENT A VERY BUSY DAY TEACHING AND HEALING. AND STILL GREAT MULTITUDES PRESSED ABOUT HIM. He was now on the shore of Lake Gennesaret. To escape the importu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST. Preparations for departure:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER, I WILL FOLLOW THEE WHITHERSOEVER THOU GOEST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THE FOXES HAVE HOLES, AND THE BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HATH NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD. There were others besides His disciples in His immediate vicinity. One of these, a scribe, plucked up enough courage to speak to Him. A strong testimony for the pow... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, SUFFER ME FIRST TO GO AND BURY MY FATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
Another lesson:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FOLLOW ME, AND LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD. Here was a man that had belonged to the larger circle of disciples, that had made it a point to remain in the neighborhood of Christ. But his was a vacillating nature, he was still undecided. Jesus called him, Luke 9:59. Hesitatin... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STORM ON THE LAKE. v. 23. AND WHEN HE WAS ENTERED INTO A SHIP, HIS DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, BEHOLD, THERE AROSE A GREAT TEMPEST IN THE SEA, INSOMUCH THAT THE SHIP WAS COVERED WITH THE WAVES. BUT HE WAS ASLEEP. The ship had been prepared by the disciples in accordance with previous instructions, and when He now entered, the men that stood nearest to Him, the inner circle of His followe... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM AND AWOKE HIM, SAYING, LORD, SAVE US; WE PERISH!... [ Continue Reading ]
The terror of the disciples and Christ's rebuke:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY ARE YE FEARFUL, O YE OF LITTLE FAITH? THEN HE AROSE AND REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE SEA, AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE MEN MARVELED, SAYING, WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY HIM! Coming to Him, the disciples woke Him. They may have hesitated for some time out of respect for their beloved Teacher. But their fear becomes so great that they are unable to control themselves; it is... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS AND THE GADARENES. v. 28. AND WHEN HE WAS COME TO THE OTHER SIDE, INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GERGESENES, THERE MET HIM TWO POSSESSED WITH DEVILS, COMING OUT OF THE TOMBS, EXCEEDING FIERCE, SO THAT NO MAN MIGHT PASS BY THAT WAY. On the east side of the Sea of Galilee was the territory of the Gada... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, BEHOLD, THEY CRIED OUT, SAYING. WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE, JESUS, THOU SON OF GOD? ART THOU COME HITHER TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME? Jesus, having come to destroy the works of the devil, to redeem men from his sinister influence, from his destructive power, 1 John 3:8, immediately commande... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE WAS A GOOD WAY OFF FROM THEM AN HERD OF MANY SWINE FEEDING.... [ Continue Reading ]
The expulsion of the evil spirits:... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THE DEVILS BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, IF THOU CAST US OUT, SUFFER US TO GO AWAY INTO THE HERD OF SWINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME OUT, THEY WENT INTO THE HERD OF SWINE; AND, BEHOLD, THE WHOLE HERD OF SWINE RAN VIOLENTLY DOWN A STEEP PLACE INTO THE SEA, AND PERISHED IN THE WATERS. In the same neighborhood, at some distance from the place where Jesus was standing, and yet within... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT KEPT THEM FLED, AND WENT THEIR WAYS INTO THE CITY, AND TOLD EVERYTHING, AND WHAT WAS BEFALLEN TO THE POSSESSED OF THE DEVILS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The result:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, BEHOLD, THE WHOLE CITY CAME OUT TO MEET JESUS; AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD DEPART OUT OF THEIR COASTS. The swineherds fled. The disaster that befell their herds sent them back to the city in haste, superstitious terror filling their hearts. As much as they had seen an... [ Continue Reading ]