Matthew 8:2

Worshipped him] Lk says, 'fell on his face.' The act of reverence that was paid to kings. Perhaps the leper already regarded Jesus as the Messiah, the rightful king of Israel. He certainly had full faith in His miraculous powers. He only doubted His willingness ('if thou wilt') to heal so miserable an outcast. Often men find it easier to believe in God's power than in His mercy and love.

Lord] Here a title of human respect, as in Matthew 8:25; Matthew 16:22; Luke 9:54; Luke 10:17; Luke 10:40; Luke 11:1, etc. Make me clean] 'Cleanse as well as heal me,' because leprosy was a Levitical defilement.