Matthew 8:1

1 Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ⸃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί.

Matthew 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.

Matthew 8:1 In-Context

1 Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ⸃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί.

2 καὶ ἰδοὺ λεπρὸς προσελθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων · Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.

3 καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἥψατο αὐτοῦ λέγων · Θέλω, καθαρίσθητι · καὶ εὐθέως ἐκαθαρίσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ λέπρα.

4 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς · Ὅρα μηδενὶ εἴπῃς, ἀλλὰ ὕπαγε σεαυτὸν δεῖξον τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ προσένεγκον τὸ δῶρον ὃ προσέταξεν Μωϋσῆς εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.

5 Εἰσελθόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ⸃ εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἑκατόνταρχος παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν