Mark 1:40–42
He touches a man with leprosy, which no one did, and makes him clean
Study it word by word40And a man with leprosy comes to him, begging him and kneeling, and saying to him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
41And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand and touched him and says to him, “I am willing; be made clean.”
42And at once the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
In its context
38And he says to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the nearby towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is why I came out.”
39And he went proclaiming in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and driving out the demons.
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43And sternly warning him, he sent him away at once,
44and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Its words in the original
- ἔρχεταιerchetai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- λεπρὸςlepros· leper
Leper: a person with a skin disease who, under the Law, was unclean and lived apart.
- παρακαλῶνparakalōn· urge, comfort
Call to one's side; plead with, encourage, comfort.
- γονυπετῶνgonypetōn· kneel
Kneel before someone.
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- θέλῃςthelēis· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- δύνασαίdynasai· can, be able
Can, be able.
- καθαρίσαιkatharisai· cleanse, purify
To cleanse, purify; of a leper, to heal him and declare him clean.
- ὀργισθεὶςorgistheis· be angry
Be angry.
- ἐκτείναςekteinas· stretch out
Stretch out, extend (the hand).
- χεῖραcheira· hand
Hand.
- ἥψατοhēpsato· touch, hold
Touch, take hold of, cling to; in the active, light (a fire).
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- ἀπῆλθενapēlthen· go away
Go away, leave.
- λέπραlepra· leprosy
Leprosy: in the Bible, several skin diseases that made the sick person unclean.