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Luke 5:12-15

King James Version (KJV)

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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. And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14. And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Luke 5:12-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 5:12

Theological / Devotional

In a certain city. [The First Leper, Luke 5:12-16 = Matt. 8:2-4 = Mark 1:40-45. Major comment: Mark.] Literally, “in one of the cities.”

Full of leprosy. Luke, a physician, is the only gospel writer to note the advanced stage of the disease. This condition made the cure even more remarkable.

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