Mark 1:40

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

40 ¹And a leper^[a] came to him, imploring him, and ²kneeling said to him, ³"If you will, you can make me clean."

Mark 1:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:40

And there came a leper to him
After he was come down from a certain mountain, in Galilee, where he had been preaching to the people, ( Matthew 8:1 ) , and when be was in a certain city, ( Luke 5:12 ) , either Capernaum, or some other city of Galilee. This man was full of leprosy, as Luke says, and very probably deemed incurable; of the nature and symptoms of the leprosy, (See Gill on Luke 5:12),

beseeching him;
to cure him of his leprosy:

and kneeling down to him;
in token of submission, respect, and reverence, and to worship him:

and saying unto him, if thou wilt thou canst make me clean;
(See Gill on Matthew 8:2). Mark omits the word "Lord".

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 1:40 In-Context

38 And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out."

39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

40 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."

41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, "I will; be clean."

42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

Cross References 3

1. For ver. 40-44, see Matthew 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-14
2. Mark 10:17; Matthew 17:14; Matthew 27:29
3. [Mark 9:22, 23; Matthew 9:28]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

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