Matthieu 8:1

1 Quand Jésus fut descendu de la montagne, une grande multitude de peuple le suivit.

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu 8:1 In-Context

1 Quand Jésus fut descendu de la montagne, une grande multitude de peuple le suivit.

2 Et voici, un lépreux vint se prosterner devant lui, et lui dit: Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me nettoyer.

3 Et Jésus, étendant la main le toucha, et lui dit: Je le veux, sois nettoyé. Et aussitôt il fut nettoyé de sa lèpre.

4 Puis Jésus lui dit: Garde-toi de le dire à personne; mais va-t'en, montre-toi au sacrificateur, et offre le don que Moïse a ordonné, afin que cela leur serve de témoignage.

5 Et Jésus étant entré dans Capernaüm, un centenier vint à lui, le priant, et lui disant: