Luke 5:12

Full of leprosy. Matthew and Mark have simply a leper. The expression, full of leprosy, seems to be used here with professional accuracy. Leprosy was known among physicians under three forms : th dull white, the clear white, and the black. Luke means to describe an aggravated case. The word full in this connection is often used by medical writers, as, full of disease; the veins full of blood; the ears full of roaring. Make me clean [κ α θ α ρ ι σ α ι]. All three evangelists say cleanse instead of heal, because of the notion of uncleanness which specially attached to this malady.