Mark 1:41

41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. 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 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galil, preaching and casting out demons.

40 There came to him a leper, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean."

42 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

43 He strictly charged him, and immediately sent him out,