All three Synoptists (writers of the Synoptic Gospels MT; MK; and LK.) Record this healing. Mark 1:29 -31; Luke 4: 38-39
Matthew’s account is the shortest. L.M.
Mat 8:14 And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Mat 8:15 He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.
Mat 8:16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
Mat 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases." ESV
Notes:
Mat 8:14 And when Jesus entered Peter's s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Notes:
To our surprise Peter has a house in Capernaum and a mother - in - law. There is not much said in the New Testament about the families of the Disciples. Apparently they had come from the Synagogue and entered the house of Simon Peter.
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he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Peter’s - wife’s mother - Learn hence, says Theophylact, that marriage is no hinderance to virtue, since the chief of the apostles had his wife. Marriage is one of the first of Divine institutions, and is a positive command of God. He says, the state of celibacy is not Good, Gen_2:18. Those who pretend to say that the single state is more holy than the other slander their Maker, and say in effect, “We are too holy to keep the commandments of God.” A.Clark
lying sick with a fever. More Literally ‘thrown’ cp v.6 in bed. She had a Great Fever [Luke’s Gospel]
Luke says, Luk_4:38 that she "was taken", or rather held, or "detained with a great fever"; the distemper was very raging and furious, it had got to a very great height. The other evangelists say, that the persons in the house told him of her, and besought him for her, that he would heal her, having a very great affection for her, and desire of her life, which seemed to be in great danger. J. Gill
Mat 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.
Notes:
Jesus touched her hand, Notice again the mighty Healing Power in Jesus’ touch
The old Chorus says:
He touched me; Oh, He touched me;
And Oh the Joy that found my soul.
Something happened! and now I know!
He touched me and made me whole.
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the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.
And she arose and ministered unto them: the former of these actions is a proof of her being restored to health and strength, in so much that she could rise and walk about of herself; whereas generally, persons after fevers continue very weak a considerable time; which shows what a miracle was wrought upon her by Christ: and the latter of them expresses her gratitude, for the mercy she had received; she rises and serves him and his friends, preparing proper and suitable provisions for them.
Mat 8:16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
Notes
That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons…ESV
Demon Possessed G1139 δαιμονίζομαι daimonizomai
Thayer Definition:
1) to be under the power of a demon.
ISBE comments “In the New Testament we are told practically nothing about the origin, nature, characteristics or habits of demons. In a highly figurative passage (Mat_12:43) our Lord speaks of demons as passing through “waterless places,” and in the story of the Gadarene demoniac (Luk_8:31) the “abyss” is mentioned as the place of their ultimate detention.
The method of their control over human beings is represented in two contrasted ways (compare Mar_1:23; Luk_4:33), indicating that there was no fixed mode of regarding it. With these three scant items our direct information ceases. We are compelled to infer from the effects given in the limited number of specific instances narrated.
And it is worthy of more than passing mention that no theoretical discussion of demons occurs. The center of interest in the Gospels is the person of Jesus, the sufferers and the cures. Interest in the demons as such is absent.
Certain passages seem to indicate that the demons were able to speak (see Mar_1:24, Mar_1:26, Mar_1:34; Luk_4:41, etc.), but comparing these statements with others (compare Mar_1:23; Luk_8:28) it is seen that no distinction is drawn between the cries of the tormented in the paroxysms of their complaint and the cries attributed to the demons themselves. In other particulars the representation is consistent.
The demons belong to the unseen world, they are incapable of manifestation except in in the disorders which they cause - there are no materializations, no grotesque narratives of appearances and disappearances, no morbid dealing with repulsive details, no license of speculation in the narratives
In contrast with this reticence is not merely the demonology of primitive people, but also that of the non-canonical Jewish books.
He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
By His Powerful command the spirits left them and they were delivered. The same Word by which the Universe was Created John ch 1. is the same Word which delivered from demons.
No one was left out or went home still suffering. He healed all who were sick.
Mat 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
That it might be fulfilled ... - This passage is found in Isa_53:4. Our English translation of that important passage is, “Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” The Greek in Matthew is an exact translation of the Hebrew, and the same translation should have been made in both places. In Isa_53:1-12, Isaiah fully states the doctrine of the atonement, or that the Messiah was to suffer for sin. In the verse quoted here, however, he states the very truth which Matthew declares. The word translated “griefs” in Isaiah, and “infirmities” in Matthew, means properly, in the Hebrew and Greek, “diseases of the body.” In neither does it refer to the disease of the mind, or to sin. To bear those griefs is clearly to bear them away, or to remove them. This was done by his miraculous power in healing the sick. The word rendered “sorrows” in Isaiah, and “sicknesses” in Matthew, means “pain, grief, or anguish of mind.” To “carry” these is to sympathize with the sufferers; to make provision for alleviating those sorrows, and to take them away. This he did by his precepts and by his example; and the cause of all sorrows - “sin” - he removed by the atonement. The passage in Isaiah and Matthew, therefore, mean precisely the same thing.Barnes
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