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Mark 1:40

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

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, Mt 8:1, and when be was in a certain city, Lu 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 "Lu 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 "Mt 8:2".

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