ἥψατο. He touched her hand; here to cure, in Mark to raise her up. ἠγέρθη, διηκόνει : she rose up at once and continued to serve at the meal; all present but Jesus only referred to here (αὐτῳ, plural in Mark, but inappropriate here). Not only the fever but the weakness it causes left her. “Ordinarily a long time is required for recovery, but then all things happened at once” (Chryst., Hom. xxvii.). Not a great miracle or interesting for anything said; but it happened at an early time and in the disciple circle; Peter the informant; and it showed Christ's sympathy (Matthew 8:17), the main point for Mt.

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