Matthew 8:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, ἰδού, λεπρὸς ἐλθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ, λέγων, Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.

Transliteration

And, idou, lepros elthōn prosekunei to-him, legōn, Kurie, if thelēs, dunasai me katharisai.

Grammar Details

• Καὶ: conjunction - and
• *idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look
• *lepros*: nominative masculine singular noun - leper
• *elthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having come
• *prosekunei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was worshipping/bowing down
• αὐτῷ: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - saying
• *Kurie*: vocative masculine singular - Lord/Master/Sir
• ἐὰν: conditional particle - if
• *thelēs*: present active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might will/wish
• *dunasai*: present middle indicative, 2nd person singular - you are able
• με: accusative singular pronoun - me
• *katharisai*: aorist active infinitive - to cleanse/purify

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *lepros*: leper/one with skin disease
• *prosekunei*: was worshipping/was bowing down/was paying homage
• *Kurie*: Lord/Master/Sir
• *thelēs*: you will/wish/desire
• *dunasai*: you are able/you can/you have power
• *katharisai*: to cleanse/purify/make clean

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:26 : 26 The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
• Matt 15:25 : 25 But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things. 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
• Mark 9:22-24 : 22 And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. 23 And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth. 24 Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
• Lev 13:44-46 : 44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.
• Mark 1:40-45 : 40 And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean. 42 And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. 43 And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out, 44 and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
• Luke 5:12-14 : 12 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Luke 17:12-19 : 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off: 13 and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God; 16 and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger? 19 And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
• John 9:38 : 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
• Matt 9:28-29 : 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you.
• Deut 24:8-9 : 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.
• 2 Kgs 7:3-4 : 3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
• 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 And Jehovah smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
• 2 Chr 26:19-21 : 19 Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
• Matt 2:11 : 11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
• Matt 9:18 : 18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
• 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.
• Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.
• Matt 13:58 : 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
• Matt 14:33 : 33 And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
• Matt 20:20 : 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping [him], and asking a certain thing of him.
• Matt 26:6 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
• Matt 28:9 : 9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.
• Matt 28:17 : 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped [him] ; but some doubted.
• Acts 10:25 : 25 And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
• 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Mark 5:6-7 : 6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him; 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
• Num 5:2-3 : 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: 3 both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
• Num 12:10 : 10 And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.