Matthew 8:2

behold, there came a leper

The King, having in Chapters 5-7. declared the principles of the kingdom, makes proof, in Chapters 8, 9, of His power to banish from the earth the consequences of sin, and to control the elements of nature.

Lord

Greek, "Kurios". The first occurrence of the word is applied to Jesus with His evident sanction. In itself the word means "master," and is so used of mere human relationships in, for example (Matthew 6:24); (Matthew 15:27); (Mark 13:35); (Ephesians 6:9) Both uses, divine and human, are brought together in (Colossians 4:1). It is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew, "Adonai."

( See Scofield) - (Genesis 15:2),

and is so used by Jesus Christ in (Matthew 22:43-35). In the New Testament the distinctive uses of "Kurios" (Lord) are:

(1) As the New Testament translation of the Hebrew, "Jehovah" (Lord), for example (Matthew 1:20); (Matthew 1:22); (Matthew 2:15); (Matthew 3:3); (Matthew 4:7); (Matthew 4:10); (Matthew 11:25); (Matthew 21:9); (Mark 12:29); (Luke 1:68); (Luke 2:9).

(2) Jesus Himself so uses "Kurios", for example (Matthew 4:7); (Matthew 4:10); (Matthew 11:25); (Mark 12:11).

(3) But the great use of "Kurios" is as the divine title of Jesus, the Christ. In this sense it occurs in the New Testament 663 times. That the intent is to identify Jesus Christ with the Old Testament Deity is evident from (Matthew 3:3); (Matthew 12:8); (Matthew 21:9); (Psalms 118:26); (Matthew 22:43); (Luke 1:43); (John 8:58); (John 14:8); (John 20:28); (Acts 9:5); (Acts 13:33). (Psalm 2).

( See Scofield) - (John 20:28).