Scofield's Bible Commentary
Luke 5:12
if thou will
The leper, knowing the Lord's power to heal, seems to question His willingness.
if thou will
The leper, knowing the Lord's power to heal, seems to question His willingness.
Verse Luke 5:12. _A CERTAIN CITY_] This was some city of Galilee; probably _Chorazin_ or _Bethsaida_. _A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY_] See this _disease_, and the _cure_, largely explained on Matthew 8:2; a...
See the notes at Matthew 8:2....
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...
THE HEALING OF A LEPER (Mark 1:40 *, Matthew 8:1 *). Lk. keeps closely to Mk., but adds (Luke 5:16) that Jesus in His retirement gave Himself to prayer. It is characteristic of him also to speak of Je...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
While Jesus was in one of the towns--look you--a man who was a severe case of leprosy saw him. He fell before him and besought him, "Lord, if you are willing to do so you are able to cleanse me." Jesu...
WHEN HE WAS. in (Greek. _en,_ as in Luke 5:7) His being. A CERTAIN CITY. one of the cities. Probably one in which "most of His mighty works were done", viz. Chorazin or Bethsaida. When named together...
The Healing of a Leper 12. _a certain city_ Probably the village of Hattîn, for we learn from St Matthew's definite notice that this incident took place on descending from the Mount of Beatitudes (_Ku...
ἘΝ ΜΙΑ͂Ι ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΌΛΕΩΝ, ‘_in one of the cities_.’ Probably the village of Hattin, for we learn from St Matthew’s definite notice that this incident took place on descending from the Mount of Beatitudes...
THE HEALING OF A LEPER...
Ver 12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. 13. And...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 5:1. ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ. _Inf._ с _предл._ ΈΝ (G1722) выражает одновременность действия. ΛΈΠΡΑ (G3014) проказа (_см._ Matthew 8:4; о медици
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Heals a Leper Scripture_ Luke 5:12-16 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, an...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Cleansing Men (Luke 5:12-26) 12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, Lord, if...
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. For the...
8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...
MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...
THE LEPER CLEANSED (Matthew 8:1; Mark 1:40). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...
(12-16) A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY. — See Notes on Matthew 8:2. The precise description is peculiar to, and characteristic of, St. Luke, as is also the man’s “falling on his face.” The latter is interestin...
CHAPTER 16 THE MIRACLES OF HEALING. IT is only natural that our Evangelist should linger with a professional as well as a personal interest over Christ's connection with human suffering and disease,...
CHAPTER 10 THE CALLING OF THE FOUR. WHEN Peter and his companions had the interview with Jesus by the Jordan, and were summoned to follow Him, it was the designation, rather than the appointment, to...
ἐν μιᾷ τ. π. for ἔν τινι, one of the cities or towns of Galilee in which Jesus had been preaching (Mark 1:39; Luke 4:44). καὶ ἰδοὺ, after καὶ ἐγένετο, very Hebraistic. πλήρης λέπρας, _full_ of leprosy...
_The leper_ (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45)....
CLEANSING, POWER AND PARDON Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmospher...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...
(2) And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (2)...
By falling on his face, he shewed his humility and modesty, that all men might learn to be ashamed of the stains of their lives; but this, his bashfulness, did not prevent him from confessing his mise...
Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: “And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus...
SECOND CYCLE: FROM THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES TO THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE, LUKE 5:1 TO LUKE 6:11. Up to this time Jesus has been preaching, accompanied by a few friends, but without forming about...
2. _The Lepers: Luke 5:12-14_. In Mark (Mark 1:40), as in Luke, the cure of the lepers took place during a preaching tour. Matthew connects this miracle with the Sermon on the Mount; it is as He comes...
(12) And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (13)...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS IN A CERTAIN CITY,.... Or near it, hard by it, very probably Capernaum; Matthew 8:1 Behold a man full of leprosy; a disease to which the Jews were very incident, and c...
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on _his_ face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Ver. 12....
_Behold a man full of leprosy_ Of this miracle, see the notes on Matthew 8:2, and Mark 1:45. _And he withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed_ The original expression, ην υποχωρων εν ταις ερημο...
The leper cleansed-the sick healed. Matthew 8:1-4; Matthew 9:1-7...
AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN HE WAS IN A CERTAIN CITY, BEHOLD, A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY, WHO, SEEING JESUS, FELL ON HIS FACE AND BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MAKE ME CLEAN....
THE HEALING OF A LEPER AND OF A PARALYTIC. Luke 5:12 Healing a leper:...
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...
12-16 This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy; from the crown of the head to the sol...
Ver. 12-15. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 8:2", and verses following to MATTHEW 8:5. SEE POOLE ON "MARK 1:40", and verses following to MARK 1:45. Matthew r
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV ), with himself, for the cure of leprosy,[236]...
Luke 5:12 And G2532 happened G1096 (G5633) He G846 was G1511 (G5750) G1722 in G1722 certain...
THE CLEANSING OF A SKIN DISEASED MAN (5:12-16). The cleansing of a skin diseased man by touching him is something that would have affected the ancient mind like little else. It indicated a mastery ove...
‘And it came about, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of skin disease, and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me cle...
CHRONOLOGY. The occurrences mentioned in this section are detailed by Matthew and Mark. The latter (Luke 1:40 to Luke 2:22) places them in the same order, but Matthew inserts the healing of the leper...
Luke 5:12-16. HEALING OF A LEPER. ONE OF THE CITIES (Luke 5:12). Probably not Capernaum. FULL OF LEPROSY. A term of medical accuracy, probably referring to the severity of the disease in this case. O...
BEHOLD (κα ιδου). Quite a Hebraistic idiom, this use of κα after εγενετο (almost like οτ) with ιδου (interjection) and no verb.FULL OF LEPROSY (πληρης λεπρας). Mark 1:40 and Matthew 8:2 have simpl...
Luke 5:12 _(with Luke 5:20)_ I. So long as there is any religion at all in the world it will, of course, busy itself with the eternal question of the difference between right and wrong. It will, in s...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease....
Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean....
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ What a contrast there was between these two persons, the Lord Jesus full of purity, and this man full of...
CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...
Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...
A MAN WHO WAS COVERED WITH LEPROSY. See notes on Matthew 8:1-4....
_Behold a man full of leprosy_ THE LEPER CLEANSED I. LEPROSY AFFORDS A STRIKING REPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER AND CONSEQUENCE OF SIN. 1. This spiritual leprosy has rendered all our race unclean i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:12 LEPROSY. See note on Matt. 8:2–3. The term included a variety of serious skin diseases, not just what is today called “leprosy” (Hansen’s disease). FELL ON HIS FACE. A
JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY MATTHEW 8:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; LUKE 5:12-15; MATTHEW 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying
CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:12.—St. Matthew gives a distinct note of time and place when and where this miracle was wrought: it was after the Sermon on the Mount, and as Jesus came down from the mount, th...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...
1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Kings 18:39; 2 Chronicles 26:19; 2 Chronicles 26:20;...
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...
Matthew 8:2; Mark 1:40....
Observe here, 1. The petitioner, that in. very humble and submissive manner sues unto Christ for cure and healing: A LEPER FELL ON HIS FACE, AND BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MA...