Mateo 8:1

1 Y cuando bajó del monte, grandes multitudes le seguían.

Mateo 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 8:1

When he was come down from the mountain
Into which he went up, and preached the sermon recorded in the "three" preceding chapters:

great multitudes followed him:
which is mentioned, partly to shew, that the people which came from several parts, still continued with him, being affected with his discourses and miracles; and partly on account of the following miracle, of healing the leper, which was not done in a corner, but before great multitudes, who were witnesses of it: though some think this miracle was wrought more privately.

Mateo 8:1 In-Context

1 Y cuando bajó del monte, grandes multitudes le seguían.

2 Y he aquí, se le acercó un leproso y se postró ante El, diciendo: Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme.

3 Y extendiendo Jesús la mano, lo tocó, diciendo: Quiero; sé limpio. Y al instante quedó limpio de su lepra.

4 Entonces Jesús le dijo<***>: Mira, no se lo digas a nadie, sino ve, muéstrate al sacerdote y presenta la ofrenda que ordenó Moisés, para que les sirva de testimonio a ellos.

5 Y cuando entró Jesús en Capernaúm se le acercó un centurión suplicándole,