(c) it is a witness to Jesus’ Messianic mission, as the conqueror of disease
guecrismembuat kutipan4 tahun yang lalu
(a) this act will give public proof that the leper is cured and may return into society; (b) it will prove to the (presumably already hostile) priests that Jesus respects the Old Testament law (cf. 5:17);
guecrismembuat kutipan4 tahun yang lalu
of love clearly took precedence.
guecrismembuat kutipan4 tahun yang lalu
The mission of Jesus and the demands
guecrismembuat kutipan4 tahun yang lalu
To touch an unclean person was to contract defilement oneself (Lev. 5:3)
guecrismembuat kutipan4 tahun yang lalu
knelt (proskyneō, normally translated ‘worship’; see on 2:2) and Lord (kyrie, which need not mean more than ‘Sir’, but see on 7:21) indicates that he sees here more than polite deference.