Matthew 8:2

Matthew 8:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
• New International Version (NIV)A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Context of Matthew 8:2

1When He came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. And a man with tza'arat came to Him and bowed down before Him, saying, “Master, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 3Yeshua stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be cleansed.” Immediately his tza'arat was cleansed. 4And Yeshua said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go show yourself to the kohen and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Matthew 8:2 word by word

καὶ ἰδοὺ λεπρὸς προσελθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων· κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• there cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• a leperλεπρόςlepros · leprousG3015
• and worshippedπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• thou wiltθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• thou canstδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• makeκαθαρίζωkatharizō · to cleanG2511
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Matthew 8:2

• Mark 1:40A man with tza'arat comes to Him, begging Him and falling on his knees, saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Luke 5:12Now while Yeshua was in one of the towns, a man covered with tza'arat appeared. And when he saw Yeshua, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Master, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with tza'arat, drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
• Matthew 26:6Now while Yeshua was in Bethany at the house of Simon ha-Metzora,
• Leviticus 13:44he is a man with tza'arat He is unclean. The kohen should definitely pronounce him unclean—his plague-mark is on his head.
• Numbers 5:2“Command Bnei-Yisrael to send out from the camp everyone with tza'arat, who has some kind of discharge, or any contaminated by a dead body.
• Numbers 12:10When the cloud lifted up from above the Tent, behold, Miriam had tza'arat, like snow! As Aaron turned toward her, behold, she had tza’arat!
• Deuteronomy 24:8“Take care in the plague of tza'arat—be very careful to do all that the Levitical kohanim instruct you, just as I commanded them, so you are to take care to do.
• 2 Samuel 3:39So today I am vulnerable, even though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me to handle. May Adonai reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly esteemed, because through him Adonai had given victory to Aram. Though the man was a mighty man of valor, he had tza'arat.
• 2 Kings 7:3Now there were four men with tza'arat at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why should we sit here till we die?
• 2 Kings 15:5Then Adonai struck the king, so that he had tza'arat until the day of his death, and lived in an isolated house. Meanwhile Jotham, the king’s son, was in charge of the palace and governing the people of the land.
• 2 Chronicles 26:19Then Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the kohanim tza'arat broke out on his forehead right in front of the kohanim in the House of Adonai, beside the incense altar.
• Luke 4:27There were many with tza'arat in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were purified apart from Naaman the Syrian.”
• Luke 17:12As He entered a certain village, ten men with tza'arat came toward Him. They stood some distance away
• Matthew 2:11And when they came into the house, they saw the Child with His mother Miriam; and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Commentaries on Matthew 8:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And, behold, there came a leper - The leprosy , from , a scale, was an inveterate cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, thin, white scurfy scales or scabs, either on the whole body, or on some part of it, usually attended with violent itching, and often with great pain. The eastern leprosy was a distemper of the most loathsome kind, highly contagious, so as to infect garments, ( Leviticus 13:47, etc)., and houses, ( Leviticus 14:34, etc)., and was deemed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2There came a leper - No disease with which the human family has been afflicted has been more dreadful than that which is often mentioned in the Bible “as the leprosy.” It first exhibits itself on the surface of the skin. The appearance is not always the same, but it commonly resembles the spot made by the puncture of a pin or the pustules of a ringworm. The spots generally make their appearance very suddenly. Perhaps its appearance might be hastened by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-4Verses 2-4 In these verses we have an account of Christ's cleansing a leper, who came and worshipped him, as one clothed with Divine power. This cleansing directs us, not only to apply to Christ, who has power over bodily diseases, for the cure of them, but it also teaches us in what manner to apply to him. When we cannot be sure of God's will, we may be sure of his wisdom and mercy. No guilt is so great, but there is that in Christ's blood which atones…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Leprosy refers to various skin diseases. People with leprosy (lepers) were ceremonially unclean and excluded from society. They could only return once they had no symptoms and a priest declared them clean (see Matthew 8:4; Leviticus 14:2–32). Sometimes leprosy was a judgment from God (Numbers 12:9–15; 2 Kings 5:27; 15:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And, behold, there came a leper--"a man full of leprosy," says Lu 5:12. Much has been written on this disease of leprosy, but certain points remain still doubtful. All that needs be said here is that it was a cutaneous disease, of a loathsome, diffusive, and, there is reason to believe, when thoroughly pronounced, incurable character; that though in its distinctive features it is still found in several countries--as Arabia, Egypt, and South Africa--it…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 8:2

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hole
• Immediately
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Rebuke
• Sickness
• Speak
• Torment

Commentaries on Matthew 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings