Mark 1:30

Simon’s wife’s mother. Peter is the only one of the Twelve specifically mentioned as being married, though in view of the fact that most Jews were married, it has been thought that probably most, if not all, of the other disciples also had wives.

This is the first miracle recorded by all three synoptic writers. Mark’s account provides several details that are lacking in the others.

Sick of a fever. Gr. pyresso, from the word pur, meaning “fire.” Our English word “fever” is derived from a related word. Luke, a physician, diagnosed this affliction as a “great fever” (see on Luke 4:38). The presence of marshland not far from Capernaum, whose climate was subtropical, suggests that it may have been malaria.

Anon. Gr. eutheos (see on v. 10). Jesus’ disciples demonstrated their confidence in Him by turning to Him immediately in time of physical distress.