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Text -- Matthew 8:1-23 (NET)
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Context
Cleansing a Leper
8:1 After he came down from the mountain , large crowds followed him .
8:2 And a leper approached , and bowed low before him , saying , “Lord , if you are willing , you can make me clean .”
8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched him saying , “I am willing . Be clean !” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed .
8:4 Then Jesus said to him , “See that you do not speak to anyone, but go , show yourself to a priest , and bring the offering that Moses commanded , as a testimony to them .”
Healing the Centurion’s Servant
8:5 When he entered Capernaum , a centurion came to him asking for help :
8:6 “Lord , my servant is lying at home paralyzed , in terrible anguish.”
8:7 Jesus said to him , “I will come and heal him .”
8:8 But the centurion replied , “Lord , I am not worthy to have you come under my roof . Instead , just say the word and my servant will be healed .
8:9 For I too am a man under authority , with soldiers under me . I say to this one , ‘Go ’ and he goes , and to another ‘Come ’ and he comes , and to my slave ‘Do this ’ and he does it.”
8:10 When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth , I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel !
8:11 I tell you , many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ,
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .”
8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion , “Go ; just as you believed , it will be done for you .” And the servant was healed at that hour .
Healings at Peter’s House
8:14 Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house , he saw his mother-in-law lying down , sick with a fever .
8:15 He touched her hand , and the fever left her . Then she got up and began to serve them .
8:16 When it was evening , many demon-possessed people were brought to him . He drove out the spirits with a word , and healed all who were sick .
8:17 In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled : “He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases .”
Challenging Professed Followers
8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him , he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
8:19 Then an expert in the law came to him and said , “Teacher , I will follow you wherever you go .”
8:20 Jesus said to him , “Foxes have dens , and the birds in the sky have nests , but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head .”
8:21 Another of the disciples said to him , “Lord , let me first go and bury my father .”
8:22 But Jesus said to him , “Follow me , and let the dead bury their own dead .”
Stilling of a Storm
8:23 As he got into the boat , his disciples followed him .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Matthew, Gospel according to |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Miracles |
Centurion |
Prayer |
PALSY |
Intercession |
Faith |
Heathen |
Servant |
SCRIBES |
Anxiety |
Character |
Self-denial |
Leprosy |
CAPERNAUM |
Purification |
Hell |
MATTHEW, THE GOSPEL OF |
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NET Notes -> Mat 8:2; Mat 8:2; Mat 8:2; Mat 8:2; Mat 8:3; Mat 8:4; Mat 8:4; Mat 8:4; Mat 8:4; Mat 8:5; Mat 8:5; Mat 8:5; Mat 8:5; Mat 8:6; Mat 8:6; Mat 8:7; Mat 8:8; Mat 8:9; Mat 8:9; Mat 8:9; Mat 8:9; Mat 8:10; Mat 8:10; Mat 8:11; Mat 8:11; Mat 8:11; Mat 8:12; Mat 8:13; Mat 8:14; Mat 8:14; Mat 8:15; Mat 8:16; Mat 8:17; Mat 8:17; Mat 8:18; Mat 8:18; Mat 8:19; Mat 8:19; Mat 8:19; Mat 8:20; Mat 8:20; Mat 8:21; Mat 8:21; Mat 8:22; Mat 8:23
NET Notes: Mat 8:2 This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:3 Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).
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NET Notes: Mat 8:4 Or “as an indictment against them.” The pronoun αὐτοῖς (autoi") may be a dative of disadvantage.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:5 While in Matthew’s account the centurion came to him asking for help, Luke’s account (7:1-10) mentions that the centurion sent some Jewish...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:6 The Greek term here is παῖς (pais), often used of a slave who was regarded with some degree of affection, possibly a personal ser...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:7 Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:8 Grk “But answering, the centurion replied.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is r...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:9 The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:11 Grk “and Isaac and Jacob,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction onl...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:12 Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:13 ‡ Most mss read αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after “servant.” It is unlikely that the pronoun was acc...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:14 Grk “having been thrown down.” The verb βεβλημένην (beblhmenhn) is a perfect passive par...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:16 Note how the author distinguishes healing from exorcism here, implying that the two are not identical.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:18 The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:19 The statement I will follow you wherever you go is an offer to follow Jesus as a disciple, no matter what the cost.
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NET Notes: Mat 8:20 Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no plac...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:21 ‡ Most mss (C L W Θ 0250 Ë1,13 Ï lat sy mae bo) read αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) here, but the ea...
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NET Notes: Mat 8:22 There are several options for the meaning of Jesus’ reply Leave the dead to bury their own dead: (1) Recent research suggests that burial custom...
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