Luke 5:12-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:12-16

Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luke 5:12-14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city (Luke 5:12); it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist would not name it, perhaps because it was a reflection upon the government of the city that a leper was suffered to be in it. This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which the more fitly represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:12-15

5:12-15 While Jesus was in one of the towns--look you--a man who was a severe case of leprosy saw him. He fell before him and besought him, "Lord, if you are willing to do so you are able to cleanse me." Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. "I am willing," he said. "Be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him. Jesus enjoined him to tell no one. "But," he said, "go and show yourself to the priest, and bring the offering for cleansing, as Moses's law laid it down, to prove to them... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:16-17

5:16-17 Jesus withdrew into the desert places and he continued in prayer. On a certain day he was teaching and, sitting listening, there were Pharisees and experts in the law who had come from every village in Galilee and from Judaea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was there to enable him to heal. There are only two verses here; but as we read them we must pause, for this indeed is a milestone. The scribes and the Pharisees had arrived on the scene. The opposition which would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:12

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city ,.... Or near it, hard by it, very probably Capernaum; Matthew 8:1 Behold a man full of leprosy; a disease to which the Jews were very incident, and concerning which, many laws and rules are given, in Leviticus 13:1 . The symptoms of the ancient "lepra", as laid down by Galen, Aretaeus, Pontanus, Aegineta, Cardan, Varanda, Gordon, Pharaeus, and others, are as follow. The patient's voice is hoarse, and comes rather through the nose than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:13

And he put forth his hand and touched him ,.... Having compassion on him, and commiserating his sad case: saying, I will, be thou clean; and immediately the leprosy departed from him ; See Gill on Matthew 8:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:14

And he charged him to tell no man ,.... Of his cure, and by whom he received it; but go show thyself to the priest . The Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests: and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses has commanded, for a testimony unto them"; See Gill on Matthew 8:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:15

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him ,.... For the more he charged the man to keep silence, the more he blazed it abroad, being elated with the cure he received, and filled with gratitude to his benefactor; Mark 1:45 . And great multitudes came together to hear : him, or from him, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add; to hear the doctrines of the Gospel preached by him: "and to be healed by him of their infirmities"; their bodily weaknesses and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness ,.... Into a desert place, that he might have rest from the fatigues of preaching and healing diseases; and being alone, and free from company, might have an opportunity for private prayer to God, for so it lows: and prayed ; this is to be understood of Christ, as man: as God, he is the object of prayer, and petitions are often addressed unto him; and as mediator, he offers up the prayers of all saints, and presents them to his Father; which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:12

A certain city - This was some city of Galilee; probably Chorazin or Bethsaida. A man full of leprosy - See this disease, and the cure, largely explained on Matthew 8:2-4 ; (note); and see it particularly applied to the use of public preaching, Mark 1:40 ; (note), etc. See also the notes on Leviticus 13 (note), and 14 (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:14

And offer for thy cleansing - A Hindoo, after recovering from sickness, presents the offerings he had vowed when in distress, as a goat, sweetmeats, milk, or any thing directed by the Shaster. All nations agreed in these gratitude-offerings for benefits received from the object of their worship. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:12-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:12-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:16-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:14

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