Mark 1:40

40 A man afflicted with tzara`at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, 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".

Mark 1:40 In-Context

38 He answered, "Let's go somewhere else -- to the other villages around here. I have to proclaim the message there too -- in fact this is why I came out."

39 So he traveled all through the Galil, preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

40 A man afflicted with tzara`at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."

41 Moved with pity, Yeshua reached out his hand, touched him and said to him, "I am willing! Be cleansed!"

42 Instantly the tzara`at left him, and he was cleansed.