A pictorial commentary on the Gospel according to Mark : with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions . rt in times of trouble.—Clarke. Prayer with him seems to have been not only intimate commu-nion with his Father, but a necessary preparation for his ministry. Howmuch more needful for us ! —Schaff. 40-45. Cleansing of a Leper, A. D. 28. 40. a leper] Leprosy is common inBible lands, and attacks not only the skin,but the blood, flesh, and bones; the wholeperson is diseased. One form was incur-able, causing a dissolution, little by little, ofthe whole body, so that one limb after an->
A pictorial commentary on the Gospel according to Mark : with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions . rt in times of trouble.—Clarke. Prayer with him seems to have been not only intimate commu-nion with his Father, but a necessary preparation for his ministry. Howmuch more needful for us ! —Schaff. 40-45. Cleansing of a Leper, A. D. 28. 40. a leper] Leprosy is common inBible lands, and attacks not only the skin,but the blood, flesh, and bones; the wholeperson is diseased. One form was incur-able, causing a dissolution, little by little, ofthe whole body, so that one limb after an-> other actually decayed and fell away. The^•j Jews called it the finger of God; theynever expected to cure it (see 2 Kings v, 7).With lip covered, and bare head and rent gar-ments (Lev. xiii, 45), the leper bore aboutwith him the emblems of mortality, him-self a dreadful parable of death. Thesefour are counted dead, says the Talmud, the blind, the leper, the poor, and the LEPROUS BEGGARS. childlcss. Comparc the cases of Moses (Ex. iv, 6), Miriam (Num. xii, 10), Naaman (2 Kings v, 1), Gehazi (2 Kings. 38 A PICTORIAL COMMENTAKY [Mark 1,41-45. Atithorized , and kneeling down to him, and sayingunto him. If thou wilt, thou canst make meclean. 41 And Jesus, moved Avith compassion, putforth his h;ind, and touched him, and saith untohim, I will; be thou clean. • 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediatelythe lejjrusy departed from him, and he wascleansed. 43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwithsent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothingto any man; but go thy way, shew thyself tothe priest, and offer for thy cleansing thosethings which Moses commanded, for a testi-mony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish itmuch, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch Revised him, ^and kneeling down to him, andsaying unto him. If thou wilt, thou canst 41 make me clean. And being moved with com-passion, he stretched forth his hand, an
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