Mark 1:40

A Leper Cleansed

40 And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying^[a] to him, "If you are willing, you are able to 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 elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this [very] reason."

39 And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

40 And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, "If you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

41 And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand [and] touched [him], and said to him, "I am willing; be made clean."

42 And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts have "and saying"