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Matthew 8:15

Matthew 8:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And he touched her hand. Perhaps with her, as with the leper (), the word alone would not have been enough. In both cases the faith seems to have been below that of the centurion. And the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them; Revised Version. him, with manuscripts. Serving them all (parallel passages), and him in particular. If it were her own house this would be doubly natural (cf ). The change of tense (aorist to imperfect) contrasts the single act of arising from her bed and her continued ministry at the meal (cf. ).

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The great number of his miracles, and the secret of his performing them.

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