Healing of a Man with Leprosy
Mark 1:40-45
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Mark.1.40 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Matthew 8:2-3 (verbal): Parallel account of the same event: a leper approaches Jesus, kneels and says, 'Lord, if you will, you can make me clean,' and Jesus heals him — near-verbatim wording and action.
- Luke 5:12-13 (verbal): Luke's parallel to Mark 1:40–45: the leper's petition, kneeling and request for cleansing, and Jesus' command to be made clean are narratively and verbally aligned.
- Luke 17:11-19 (thematic): Another scene of leprosy healing: multiple lepers call out for mercy and are cleansed by Jesus; echoes themes of faith, social restoration, and the requirement to show oneself to the priest.
- Leviticus 14:2 (thematic): OT law governing the ritual of cleansing a healed leper; provides background for the social/ritual significance of 'being made clean' in the Gospel request.
- Mark 1:41 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation in Mark: Jesus is moved with compassion, touches the leper and cleanses him—shows authorial linkage between the petition (1:40) and Jesus' response.
Alternative generated candidates
- And a leper came to him, beseeching him and kneeling saying to him, 'If you will, you can make me clean.'
- And a man with leprosy came to him, pleading with him and kneeling, said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."
Mark.1.41 - Details
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Morphology
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- και: CONJ
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- αυτω·Θελω: PRO,dat,sg,m+VERB,pres,act,ind,1,sg
- καθαρισθητι·: VERB,aor,pass,imp,2,sg
Parallels
- Matthew 8:3 (verbal): Near-verbatim parallel: Jesus stretches out his hand, touches the leper, and says, “I will; be clean,” showing the same wording and action in Matthew’s account.
- Luke 5:13 (verbal): Direct Synoptic parallel with virtually identical language and sequence (Jesus stretches out his hand, touches the man, and declares, “I will; be clean”).
- Leviticus 14:2-3 (structural): Mosaic law describing the priestly procedure for declaring a healed leper clean; connects to Jesus’ command to the healed man to show himself to the priest (Mark 1:44), linking Jesus’ healing to cultic/ritual cleanness.
- Isaiah 53:4-5 (allusion): Prophetic theme of the servant bearing infirmities and effecting healing (“by his wounds we are healed”); provides a theological backdrop for Jesus’ restorative actions and the messianic dimension of healing.
Alternative generated candidates
- And moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, 'I will; be clean.'
- Moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said, "I will; be clean."
Mark.1.42 - Details
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Morphology
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- λεπρα: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- και: CONJ
- εκαθαρισθη: VERB,aor,pass,ind,3,sg
Parallels
- Matthew 8:3 (verbal): Near-identical wording and sequence—Jesus heals a leper and 'immediately the leprosy departed and he was cleansed' (Synoptic parallel).
- Luke 5:13 (verbal): Close verbal parallel: Jesus touches the leper, commands cleansing, and the leprosy immediately leaves him—another Synoptic account of the same event type.
- Luke 17:14 (thematic): Account of ten lepers healed: they are cleansed as they go, emphasizing instantaneous healing and the theme of leprosy being removed by Jesus' act/word.
- 2 Kings 5:14 (thematic): Naaman's healing of his skin disease after washing in the Jordan—an Old Testament precedent of miraculous restoration from a debilitating skin ailment (motif of cleansing/healing).
- Leviticus 14:2 (structural): Priestly laws for declaring someone clean after a skin disease provide the cultic and lexical background for the term 'cleansed' (ἐκαθαρίσθη) used in Gospel healings.
Alternative generated candidates
- And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
- And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
Mark.1.43 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Matthew 8:4 (structural): Parallel account of the healing of a leper; both narratives include Jesus’ instruction after the cure (similar injunctions to the healed man).
- Luke 5:14 (structural): Luke’s parallel healing of a leper likewise records Jesus’ charge to tell no one and his instruction to show himself to the priest, echoing the Markan episode’s sequence and concern for priestly verification.
- Leviticus 14:2-3 (thematic): Priestly inspection and rites for declaring a person clean—background law behind Jesus’ command to present oneself to the priest after being healed of leprosy.
- Mark 5:43 (verbal): Another Markan instance where Jesus ‘charged’ silence after a miracle (raising Jairus’ daughter); reflects the motif of Jesus’ rebukes/commands to keep miracle reports quiet (the ‘Messianic Secret’).
Alternative generated candidates
- And he sternly charged him and sent him away at once,
- And he sternly charged him and sent him away at once.
Mark.1.44 - Details
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Parallels
- Matthew 8:4 (verbal): Direct Synoptic parallel: same instruction to the healed leper to tell no one, and to show himself to the priest and offer what Moses commanded.
- Luke 5:14 (verbal): Synoptic parallel with similar wording: instructs the healed man to show himself to the priest and to offer the prescribed sacrifice, and to keep quiet about it.
- Leviticus 14:2-32 (allusion): Gives the detailed ritual for diagnosing and cleansing a leper and the required offerings 'as Moses commanded' that Jesus references.
- Leviticus 13:45-46 (thematic): Describes the leper's state of uncleanness and isolation, explaining why certification by a priest was necessary after healing.
- Mark 5:43 (thematic): Another instance in Mark where Jesus charges silence after a miraculous act (raising Jairus' daughter), reflecting the Gospel's 'messianic secret' motif.
Alternative generated candidates
- and said to him, 'See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.'
- And he said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the things that Moses commanded for a testimony to them."
Mark.1.45 - Details
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Parallels
- Luke 5:12-16 (structural): Parallel leper‑healing pericope: Jesus heals a leper, instructs him about telling no one/to show himself to the priest, and withdraws to desolate/quiet places because crowds come.
- Matthew 8:1-4 (verbal): Matthew’s leper account contains the same basic command (show yourself to the priest/keep quiet) and the healing motif; Mark expands by noting the healed man’s publicizing of the event.
- Mark 5:19-20 (thematic): After the Gerasene demoniac is healed Jesus tells him to tell his friends; the man proclaims what Jesus did — similar motif of a healed person publicly spreading the news.
- Mark 3:7-8 (structural): Another Markan scene where great crowds come from everywhere, prompting withdrawal (Jesus’ movements and the pressure of multitudes echo Mark 1:45’s note that people came to him from all directions).
Alternative generated candidates
- But he went out and began to publish it freely and to spread the matter abroad, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter into a city, but remained outside in deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.
- But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the matter abroad, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but stayed outside in desolate places; and people came to him from every quarter.
And a man with leprosy came to him, beseeching him and kneeling, and saying, 'If you will, you can make me clean.'
Moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, 'I will; be clean.' And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he sternly charged him and sent him away at once;
and he said to him, 'See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things Moses commanded—for a testimony to them.' But he went out and began to spread the report widely and to make the matter known, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but remained outside in deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.