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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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:17-26

Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching and miracles, Luke 5:17. 1. He was teaching on a certain day, not on the sabbath day, then he would have said so, but on a week-day; six days shalt thou labour, not only for the world, but for the soul, and the welfare of that. Preaching and hearing the word of God are good works, if they be done well, any day in the week, as well as on sabbath days. It was not in the synagogue, but in a private house; for even there where we ordinarily... 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 5:15

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:17

And it came to pass on a certain day ,.... When he was at Capernaum, as appears from Mark 2:1 As he was teaching : in the house where such numbers were gathered together, to hear the word of God preached by him, that there was not room for them, neither within the house, nor about the door, Mark 2:2 That there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by ; who were sometimes called Scribes, and sometimes lawyers, and were generally of the sect of the Pharisees: which were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness - Or rather, He frequently withdrew into the desert. This I believe to be the import of the original words, ην ὑποχωρων . He made it a frequent custom to withdraw from the multitudes for a time, and pray, teaching hereby the ministers of the Gospel that they are to receive fresh supplies of light and power from God by prayer, that they may be the more successful in their work; and that they ought to seek frequent opportunities of being in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:17

On a certain day - This was when he was at Capernaum. See Mark 2:1 . The power of the Lord - Δυναμις Κυριου The mighty or miraculous power of the Lord, i.e. of Jesus, was there to heal them - as many as were diseased either in body or soul. Where the teaching of Christ is, there also is the power of Christ to redeem and save. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:1-39

The association of Jesus and these chosen men seems to have commenced as follows: Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew (sons of Jona), John and James (the sons of Zebedee and Salome), belonged to fisher families dwelling on the banks of the Lake of Gennesaret. They seemed to have been fast friends, at times even partners in their occupation. Sharers with many others of the youth of Israel of their time, in a passionate hope that the hour of the long-promised deliverance from the yoke of... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:17-26

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 5:15

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 5:1-39

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