Jesus went to Peter's home. Peter had a mother-in-law, and therefore was a married man. In fulfilling his later duties as an apostle, Peter took his wife along with him (1 Corinthians 9:5). Sick in bed with a fever. Luke says a high fever (Luke 4:38). It may have been malaria, and Mark's account (Mark 1:29-30) implies that the fever came on suddenly.

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Old Testament