Mt 8:2
8:2 {1} And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,
    saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

 (1) Christ in healing the leprous with the touch of his hand,
     shows that he abhors no sinners that come unto him, be they
     ever so unclean.

Mt 8:5
8:5 {2} And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came
    unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

 (2) Christ by setting before them the example of the
     uncircumcised centurion and yet of an excellent faith,
     provokes the Jews to jealousy, and together forewarns them
     of their being cast off and the calling of the Gentiles.

Mt 8:11
8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and
     west, and shall {a} sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
     Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

     (a) A metaphor taken of banqueters, for they that sit down
         together are fellows in the banquet.

Mt 8:12
8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into {b}
     outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
     teeth.

     (b) Who are outside the kingdom: For in the kingdom is
         light, and outside the kingdom is darkness.

Mt 8:14
8:14 {3} And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his
     wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

 (3) Christ, in healing many diseases, shows that he was sent by
     his Father, that in him only we should seek remedy in all
     our miseries.

Mt 8:16
8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that
     were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits
     with [his] word, and healed {c} all that were sick:

     (c) Of all sorts.

Mt 8:18
8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave
     commandment to depart unto the {d} other side.

     (d) For Capernaum was situated upon the lake of Tiberias.

Mt 8:19
8:19 {4} And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I
     will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

 (4) The true disciples of Christ must prepare themselves for
     all kinds of miseries.

Mt 8:20
8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the
     birds of the air [have] {e} nests; but the Son of man hath
     not where to lay [his] head.

     (e) Literally, "shades made with boughs".

Mt 8:21
8:21 {5} And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord,
     suffer me first to go and bury my father.

 (5) When God requires our labour, we must cease all our duty
     to men.

Mt 8:23
8:23 {6} And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples
     followed him.

 (6) Although Christ often seems to neglect his own, even in
     most extreme dangers, yet in due time he calms all
     tempests, and brings his own to the haven.

Mt 8:28
8:28 {7} And when he was come to the other side into the country
     of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils,
     coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man
     might pass by that way.

 (7) Christ came to deliver men from the miserable enslavement
     of Satan: but the world would rather go without Christ,
     than the vilest and least of their conveniences.

Mt 8:30
8:30 And there was {f} a good way off from them an herd of many
     swine feeding.

     (f) On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as
         Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen,
         lived after the order of the Greeks and therefore we
         must not be surprised if there were swine there.

Mt 8:34
8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and
     when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would {g}
     depart out of their coasts.

     (g) Where men live as swine, there Christ does not abide,
         but demons.



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