Matthew 8:15

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

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And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

ASV

And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered unto him.

YLT

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

DBT

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and served him.

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We may not, I say, we may not call into question the truth of the (poor vilified) senses, lest we should even in Christ Himself, bring doubt upon the truth of their sensation; lest perchance it should be said that He did not really "behold Satan as lightning fall from heaven; " that He did not really hear the Father's voice testifying of Himself; or that He was deceived in touching Peter's wife's mother; or that the fragrance of the ointment which He afterwards smelled was different from that which He accepted for His burial; and that the taste of the wine was different from that which He consecrated in memory of His blood.

Tertullian· A Treatise on the Soul, 220patristic

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And he touched her hand,.... Sometimes he healed by a word, as the centurion's servant; and sometimes by a touch, as here; and sometimes by both, as the leper. Luke says, that he "stood over her", reached over her to take her by the hand, and lift her up, "and rebuked the fever". Just as he did the winds and sea, having all diseases, as well as the elements, at his beck and control; and the fever left her immediately, as the other evangelists say.

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

He touched her hand - Can any thing on this side the unlimited power of God effect such a cure with only a touch? If the Scriptures had not spoken of the divinity of Christ, these proofs of his power must have demonstrated it to the common sense of every man whose creed had not previously blinded him. Ministered unto them - Αυτοις, them, is the reading of most of the printed editions, but αυτω, to him, has the utmost evidence in its support from MSS., versions, and fathers.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

They must be humble whom Christ has honoured; being thus delivered, she studies what she shall render. It is very fit that they whom Christ hath healed should minister unto him, as his humble servants, all their days. Here is a general account of the many cures that Christ wrought.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
Mark 1:41
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
Luke 8:54
But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
Matthew 20:34
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
Mark 8:22
When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
Luke 4:38–39
After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
Matthew 8:3
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 14:36
and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
Matthew 9:29
Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
Matthew 9:20
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
Acts 19:11–13
God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
Isaiah 6:7
And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

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Matthew 8:3
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
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- Luke 5:13
  Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
- Psalms 33:9
  For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- 2 Kings 5:14
  So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child,…
- Matthew 11:4–5
  Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
- Mark 1:41
  Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
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2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of…
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- Acts 19:12
  so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- Ezekiel 37:1–10
  The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- John 5:28–29
  Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

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