Matthew 8:14

εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Πέτρου. From John 1:44 we learn that Bethsaida was the city of Andrew and Simon Peter. Either then (1) they had changed their home to Capernaum, or (2) Bethsaida was close to Capernaum.

τὴν πενθεράν. St Peter alone of the Apostles is expressly named as being married. It is however a probable inference from 1 Corinthians 9:5, that all the Apostles were married: μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν�. It is worthy of note that no wives or children of Apostles are known to Church history.

βεβλημένην καὶ πυρέσσουσαν. St Luke has συνεχομένη πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ. συνεχ. is a technical word implying the ‘constraint’ of sickness; the symptoms of πυρετὸς μέγας as described by ancient physicians resemble those of typhus fever.

βεβλημένην denotes the great and sudden prostration characteristic of this kind of fever.