Mark 1:41

41 And becoming angry,^[a] he stretched out his hand [and]^[b] touched [him]^[c], and said to him, "I am willing; be made clean."

Mark 1:41 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:41

And Jesus, moved with compassion
At the sad and deplorable case the poor man was in, being a merciful high priest, and not with a desire of popular applause, and vain glory:

put forth his hand and touched him;
though the leprosy was spread all over him, and there was no place clean, and touching him was forbidden by the law:

and saith unto him, I will be thou clean; (See Gill on Matthew 8:3).

Mark 1:41 In-Context

39 And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

40 And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, "If you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

41 And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand [and] touched [him], and said to him, "I am willing; be made clean."

42 And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

43 And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once.

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts have "having compassion"
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("stretched out") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation