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Mark 1:40
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Then a man with leprosy came to him and, on his knees, begged him: “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling downe to him, and saying vnto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."
And a man with leprosy came to Jesus, imploring Him and kneeling down, and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
A man with a skin disease came to Jesus. He fell to his knees and begged Jesus, "You can heal me if you will."
And a leper came to Him, begging Him and falling on his knees before Him, saying, "If You are willing, You are able to make me clean."
And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
And a leper *came to Jesus, pleading with Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
A man afflicted with tzara‘at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."
And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.
A man who had leprosy came to Jesus. The man bowed on his knees and begged him, "You have the power to heal me if you want."
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, & kneeled downe vnto him, & said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
And there came to him a leper, who fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, If you will, you can make me clean.
A man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to Jesus, knelt down, and begged him for help. "If you want to," he said, "you can make me clean."
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."
And a leper came to Him, begging Him, and falling on his knees to Him, and saying to Him, If You desire, You are able to make me clean.
And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.
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."
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And a leper came to him, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
And a leper came to him, and fell at his feet, and entreated him, and said to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And there came a leper to hym, besechyng him, and knelyng downe to him, and saying vnto hym: If thou wylt, thou canst make me cleane.
And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
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."
And there came to him a leper beseeching him and kneeling down to him and saying to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."
And a leprouse man cam to hym, and bisouyte, `and knelide, and seide, If thou wolt, thou maist clense me.
And there comes to him a leper, imploring him, and kneeling down, and saying to him, If you will, you can make me clean.
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.
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A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed. "If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean," he said.
A man came to Jesus with a bad skin disease. This man got down on his knees and begged Jesus, saying, "If You want to, You can heal me."
A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, "If you choose, you can make me clean."
And there cometh unto him, a leper, beseeching him and kneeling, - saying unto him - If thou be willing, thou canst cleanse me;
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him and kneeling down, said to him: If thou wilt thou canst make me clean.
And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."
And there came a leper to him besechinge him and kneled doune vnto him and sayde to him: yf thou wilt thou canest make me clene.
and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him -- `If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.'
And there came vnto him a leper, which besought him, and kneled before him, & sayde vnto him: Yf thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
And there came a leper to him, who fell on his knees, and thus address'd him, "if you will, you can heal me."
A leper came to him, begging on his knees, "If you want to, you can cleanse me."
A man with rotting skin came to Jesus and fell down in front of him, asking him for help. "If you had a mind to, I know you could fix me, Jesus."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
there: Matthew 8:2-4, Luke 5:12-14
a leper: Leviticus 13:1 - Leviticus 14:57, Numbers 12:10-15, Deuteronomy 24:8, Deuteronomy 24:9, 2 Samuel 3:29, 2 Kings 5:5-27, 2 Kings 5:27, 2 Kings 7:3, 2 Kings 15:5, Matthew 11:5, Luke 17:12-19
kneeling: Mark 10:17, 2 Chronicles 6:13, Matthew 17:14, Luke 22:41, Acts 7:60, Ephesians 3:14
if thou: Mark 9:22, Mark 9:23, Genesis 18:14, 2 Kings 5:7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:2 - He shall Mark 7:25 - at Acts 14:9 - he had Acts 21:5 - we kneeled
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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, 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;
Luke 5:12- :. Mark omits the word "Lord".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And there came a leper ... - See the notes at Matthew 8:1-4.
Kneeling down to him - He kneeled and inclined his face to the ground, in token of deep humiliation and earnest entreaty. Compare Luke 5:12.
If thou wilt - This was an acknowledgment of the almighty power of Jesus, and an appeal to his benevolence.
Make me clean - You (Jesus) can heal me of this loathsome and offensive disease, in the eye of the law justly regarded as âunclean,â and render me âlegallyâ clean, and restore me to the privileges of the congregation.
And Jesus ...touched him - It was by the law considered as unclean to touch a leprous man. See Numbers 5:2. The fact that Jesus touched him was evidence that the requisite power had been already put forth to heal him; that Jesus regarded him as already clean.
I will - Here was a most manifest proof of his divine power. None but God can work a miracle; yet Jesus does it by his âown willâ - by an exertion of his own power. Therefore, Jesus is divine.
See thou say nothing to any man - The law of Moses required that a man who was healed of the leprosy should be pronounced clean by the priest before he could be admitted again to the privileges of the congregation, Leviticus 14:0. Christ, though he had cleansed him, yet required him to be obedient to the law of the land - to go at once to the priest, and not to make delay by stopping to converse about his being healed. It was also possible that, if he did not go at once, evil-minded men would go before him and prejudice the priest, and prevent his declaring the healing to be thorough because it was done by Jesus. It was of further importance that âthe priestâ should pronounce it to be a genuine cure, that there might be no cavils among the Jews against its being a real miracle.
Offer for thy cleansing those things ... - Two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; and after eight days, two he-lambs, without blemish, and one ewe-lamb, and fine flour, and oil, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:10.
For a testimony unto them - Not to the priest, but to the people, that they may have evidence that it is a real cure. The testimony of the priest on the subject would be decisive.
Mark 1:45
Began to publish it much - That is, he made known his own cure. He was so deeply affected with it, and so much rejoiced, that he followed the natural dictates of his own feelings rather than the command of the Saviour.
Jesus could no more enter openly into the city - The word âcould,â here, does not refer to any natural inability, or to any physical obstacle in his way, but only denotes that there was difficulty, inconvenience, or impropriety in his doing it then; that he judged it best not then to enter into the city. The difficulty was, probably, that his being in the city drew such crowds of people as rendered it difficult to accommodate them, or so as to excite the opposition of civil rulers.
The city - The city or large town where the leper was cured. The same reason for not entering that city applied also to others, so that he remained in the deserts, where the multitudes could come to him without any difficulty or opposition.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Mark 1:40. There came a leper — See the notes on Matthew 8:2, c. Should any be inclined to preach on this cleansing of the leper, Mark is the best evangelist to take the account from, because he is more circumstantial than either Matthew or Luke.
I. Consider this leper.
1. He heard of Jesus and his miracles.
2. He came to him for a cure, conscious of his disease.
3. He earnestly besought him to grant the mercy he needed.
4. He fell down on his knees, (with his face to the earth,
Luke 5:12,) thus showing his humbled state, and the distress
of his soul.
5. He appealed to his love - if thou wilt with a full conviction
of his ability - thou canst; in order to get healed.
II. Consider Jesus.
1. He is moved with tender compassion towards him: this is the
alone source of all human salvation.
2. He stretches forth his hand, showing thus his readiness to
relieve him.
3. He touches him; though this was prohibited by the law, and
rendered him who did it in any common case legally unclean.
4. He proves at once his infinite love and unlimited power, by
his word and by his act; I will - be thou cleansed; and
immediately his leprosy was removed.
But Matthew 8:2.
