"When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him./And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean./And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Jesus came as the good gift, mentioned in previous chapter,"How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (7:11). The leper just found it out. He asked and he received healing. Somilarly at Capernaum a centurion would come knocking and the door of salvation was opened to him. (vv.5-13).His faith was such the nation of Israel ought to have been ashamed. This was also a testimony for their nation's downward spiral. His Advent did not give them a cloak for their sin. He was the true Light and they certainly did everything to put him out.
From this chapter onwards the Evangelist reveals Jesus demonstrating the holiness of God as the Word become flesh. His death and resurrection are according to the Scriptures. Doctrine of God is that of Christ since he perfected the will of his Father. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."(5:17-18) He told the leper who was healed to testify to the fact 'as a testimony to them'. Till he had fulfilled his Father's will he was obliged to fulfill the law. Similarly when Jesus fed the multitude the testimony of 12 baskets of broken pieces remaining was his testimony before his Father.
"When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him./And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean./And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Jesus came as the good gift, mentioned in previous chapter,"How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (7:11). The leper just found it out. He asked and he received healing. Somilarly at Capernaum a centurion would come knocking and the door of salvation was opened to him. (vv.5-13).His faith was such the nation of Israel ought to have been ashamed. This was also a testimony for their nation's downward spiral. His Advent did not give them a cloak for their sin. He was the true Light and they certainly did everything to put him out.
From this chapter onwards the Evangelist reveals Jesus demonstrating the holiness of God as the Word become flesh. His death and resurrection are according to the Scriptures. Doctrine of God is that of Christ since he perfected the will of his Father. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."(5:17-18) He told the leper who was healed to testify to the fact 'as a testimony to them'. Till he had fulfilled his Father's will he was obliged to fulfill the law. Similarly when Jesus fed the multitude the testimony of 12 baskets of broken pieces remaining was his testimony before his Father.
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