Mark 1:40 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 1:40-45

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 “unclean,” and render me “legally” clean, and restore me to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:40-44

Mark 1:40-44. And there came a leper, &c. Concerning the miracle recorded in these verses, see the notes on Matthew 8:2-4. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 1:40-45

30. Jesus cleanses a leper (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16)People with leprosy and other skin diseases were considered unclean and a danger to public health. They were outcasts from society (Leviticus 13:45-46). If they were healed they had to offer sacrifices to symbolize their cleansing and express their thanks (Leviticus 14:1-20).On the first recorded occasion when Jesus healed a leper, he did what anyone else would normally avoid doing; he touched the man. He then told the man to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:40

a leper . See note on Exodus 4:6 . to. Greek. pros. App-104 . If Thou wilt . A condition of uncertainty with probability. App-118 . wilt. Greek. thelo. App-102 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:40

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.THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPERThis wonder is recorded in all the synoptics; and, although Mark is credited with giving "more full details,"[13] it is not amiss to point out that of the eight or nine sections in this chapter which are reported by one or both of the other synoptics, this is the first instance of Mark's having, in any sense, a fuller account; and, even... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:35-45

C. Jesus’ early ministry throughout Galilee 1:35-45Jesus made several preaching tours throughout Galilee. Mark summarized the first of these (Mark 1:35-39) and then related one especially significant event during that tour (Mark 1:40-45). This section continues to present Jesus as the Servant of the Lord who went about doing the messianic work that His Father had assigned to Him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:40-45

2. The cleansing of a leprous Jew 1:40-45 (cf. Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-16)This pericope evidently describes one incident during the Galilean preaching tour just summarized. It provides a striking example of Jesus’ supernatural power. This is only one of two healings of lepers that the Gospels record, though Jesus healed other lepers (cf. Matthew 11:5). The other recorded incident involved Jesus cleansing 10 lepers in Samaria (cf. Luke 17:11-19). The only Old Testament instances of lepers... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:1-45

Baptism of Jesus. Beginning of the Ministry1-8. Appearance of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:1). See on Mt and Lk. St. Mark’s Gospel, being based on the reminiscences of Peter, begins with the public ministry of Jesus, or, rather, with His connexion with the Baptist, through which Peter and other apostles first became acquainted with Him. It, therefore, omits the birth narratives, although it is possible that St. Mark was acquainted with them (see on Mark 6:3).1. The beginning] It is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 1:40-43

(40-43) And there came a leper.—See Notes on Matthew 8:1-4. The miracle appears in St. Matthew as following closely on the Sermon on the Mount. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 1:1-45

St. Mark Mark 1:1 A great epoch was exhausted, and passing away to give place to another, the first utterances of which had already been heard in the north, and which awaited but the Initiator, to be revealed. He came. The soul the most full of love, the most sacredly virtuous, the most deeply inspired by God and the future, that men have yet seen on earth Jesus. He bent over the corpse of the dead world, and whispered a word of faith. Over the clay that had lost all of man but the movement... read more