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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Luke 5:12

Ver. 12-15. See Poole on "Matthew 8:2", and verses following to Matthew 8:5. See Poole on "Mark 1:40", and verses following to Mark 1:45. Matthew reports this miracle done when Christ came down from the mountain, and immediately after saith, that he entered into Capernaum, Matthew 8:5. Mark also, concluding the first chapter with this piece of history, he begins the second with telling us, that he entered into Capernaum after some days. So that some think he was near Capernaum, within the bounds of it, when he wrought this miracle, but there is no certainty of that.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 5:12. _A CERTAIN CITY_] This was some city of Galilee; probably _Chorazin_ or _Bethsaida_. _A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY_] See this _disease_, and the _cure_, largely explained on Matthew 8:2; a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes at Matthew 8:2....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HEALING OF A LEPER (Mark 1:40 *, Matthew 8:1 *). Lk. keeps closely to Mk., but adds (Luke 5:16) that Jesus in His retirement gave Himself to prayer. It is characteristic of him also to speak of Je...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    While Jesus was in one of the towns--look you--a man who was a severe case of leprosy saw him. He fell before him and besought him, "Lord, if you are willing to do so you are able to cleanse me." Jesu...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHEN HE WAS. in (Greek. _en,_ as in Luke 5:7) His being. A CERTAIN CITY. one of the cities. Probably one in which "most of His mighty works were done", viz. Chorazin or Bethsaida. When named together...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Healing of a Leper 12. _a certain city_ Probably the village of Hattîn, for we learn from St Matthew's definite notice that this incident took place on descending from the Mount of Beatitudes (_Ku...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΝ ΜΙΑ͂Ι ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΌΛΕΩΝ, ‘_in one of the cities_.’ Probably the village of Hattin, for we learn from St Matthew’s definite notice that this incident took place on descending from the Mount of Beatitudes...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE HEALING OF A LEPER...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. 13. And...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 5:1. ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ. _Inf._ с _предл._ ΈΝ (G1722) выражает одновременность действия. ΛΈΠΡΑ (G3014) проказа (_см._ Matthew 8:4; о медици

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Heals a Leper Scripture_ Luke 5:12-16 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, an...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Cleansing Men (Luke 5:12-26) 12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, Lord, if...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. For the...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LEPER CLEANSED (Matthew 8:1; Mark 1:40). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-16) A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY. — See Notes on Matthew 8:2. The precise description is peculiar to, and characteristic of, St. Luke, as is also the man’s “falling on his face.” The latter is interestin...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 10 THE CALLING OF THE FOUR. WHEN Peter and his companions had the interview with Jesus by the Jordan, and were summoned to follow Him, it was the designation, rather than the appointment, to...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 16 THE MIRACLES OF HEALING. IT is only natural that our Evangelist should linger with a professional as well as a personal interest over Christ's connection with human suffering and disease,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The leper_ (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐν μιᾷ τ. π. for ἔν τινι, one of the cities or towns of Galilee in which Jesus had been preaching (Mark 1:39; Luke 4:44). καὶ ἰδοὺ, after καὶ ἐγένετο, very Hebraistic. πλήρης λέπρας, _full_ of leprosy...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    CLEANSING, POWER AND PARDON Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmospher...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (2) And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (2)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    By falling on his face, he shewed his humility and modesty, that all men might learn to be ashamed of the stains of their lives; but this, his bashfulness, did not prevent him from confessing his mise...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: “And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    SECOND CYCLE: FROM THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES TO THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE, LUKE 5:1 TO LUKE 6:11. Up to this time Jesus has been preaching, accompanied by a few friends, but without forming about...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    2. _The Lepers: Luke 5:12-14_. In Mark (Mark 1:40), as in Luke, the cure of the lepers took place during a preaching tour. Matthew connects this miracle with the Sermon on the Mount; it is as He comes...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (13)...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS IN A CERTAIN CITY,.... Or near it, hard by it, very probably Capernaum; Matthew 8:1 Behold a man full of leprosy; a disease to which the Jews were very incident, and c...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on _his_ face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Ver. 12....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold a man full of leprosy_ Of this miracle, see the notes on Matthew 8:2, and Mark 1:45. _And he withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed_ The original expression, ην υποχωρων εν ταις ερημο...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    The leper cleansed-the sick healed. Matthew 8:1-4; Matthew 9:1-7...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HEALING OF A LEPER AND OF A PARALYTIC. Luke 5:12 Healing a leper:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN HE WAS IN A CERTAIN CITY, BEHOLD, A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY, WHO, SEEING JESUS, FELL ON HIS FACE AND BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MAKE ME CLEAN....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-16 This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy; from the crown of the head to the sol...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV ), with himself, for the cure of leprosy,[236]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 5:12 And G2532 happened G1096 (G5633) He G846 was G1511 (G5750) G1722 in G1722 certain...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CLEANSING OF A SKIN DISEASED MAN (5:12-16). The cleansing of a skin diseased man by touching him is something that would have affected the ancient mind like little else. It indicated a mastery ove...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And it came about, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of skin disease, and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me cle...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. The occurrences mentioned in this section are detailed by Matthew and Mark. The latter (Luke 1:40 to Luke 2:22) places them in the same order, but Matthew inserts the healing of the leper...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 5:12-16. HEALING OF A LEPER. ONE OF THE CITIES (Luke 5:12). Probably not Capernaum. FULL OF LEPROSY. A term of medical accuracy, probably referring to the severity of the disease in this case. O...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BEHOLD (κα ιδου). Quite a Hebraistic idiom, this use of κα after εγενετο (almost like οτ) with ιδου (interjection) and no verb.FULL OF LEPROSY (πληρης λεπρας). Mark 1:40 and Matthew 8:2 have simpl...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    IF THOU WILL The leper, knowing the Lord's power to heal, seems to question His willingness....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12 _(with Luke 5:20)_ I. So long as there is any religion at all in the world it will, of course, busy itself with the eternal question of the difference between right and wrong. It will, in s...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ What a contrast there was between these two persons, the Lord Jesus full of purity, and this man full of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    A MAN WHO WAS COVERED WITH LEPROSY. See notes on Matthew 8:1-4....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold a man full of leprosy_ THE LEPER CLEANSED I. LEPROSY AFFORDS A STRIKING REPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER AND CONSEQUENCE OF SIN. 1. This spiritual leprosy has rendered all our race unclean i...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:12 LEPROSY. See note on Matt. 8:2–3. The term included a variety of serious skin diseases, not just what is today called “leprosy” (Hansen’s disease). FELL ON HIS FACE. A

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY MATTHEW 8:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; LUKE 5:12-15; MATTHEW 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:12.—St. Matthew gives a distinct note of time and place when and where this miracle was wrought: it was after the Sermon on the Mount, and as Jesus came down from the mount, th...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Kings 18:39; 2 Chronicles 26:19; 2 Chronicles 26:20;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Full of leprosy. Matthew and Mark have simply a leper. The expression, full of leprosy, seems to be used here with professional accuracy. Leprosy was known among physicians under three forms : th dull...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Matthew 8:2; Mark 1:40....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. The petitioner, that in. very humble and submissive manner sues unto Christ for cure and healing: A LEPER FELL ON HIS FACE, AND BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MA...

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