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".

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

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

Footnotes

• [a] 1:40 'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13