MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 8:2 leper. The OT provided specific guidelines for the examination and treatment of those with a variety of skin diseases. Generally called leprosy, many of these diseases were highly contagious (see Leviticus 13:1). Lord is the title of respect (similar to “Sir”) that people commonly used when they came to Jesus for aid. When the context in which it occurs shows a knowledge of its OT background, the word can be seen as an affirmation of Jesus’ deity (see note on 1 Cor. 12:4–6). make me clean. Leprosy made the leper and all who touched him ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 13:45). But when Jesus touched him, he was healed.

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