Matthew 8:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to 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 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
• Matt 15:25 : 25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. 9 And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.
• Mark 9:22-24 : 22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help. 23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith. 24 Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.
• Lev 13:44-46 : 44 He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head. 45 And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean. 46 While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.
• Mark 1:40-45 : 40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean. 41 And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean. 42 And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean. 43 And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply, 44 See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them. 45 But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.
• Luke 5:12-14 : 12 And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean. 13 And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him. 14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.
• Luke 17:12-19 : 12 And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance, 13 Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; 16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. 17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine? 18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land? 19 And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.
• John 9:38 : 38 And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.
• Matt 9:28-29 : 28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.
• Deut 24:8-9 : 8 In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do. 9 Keep in mind what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way, when you came out of Egypt.
• 2 Kgs 7:3-4 : 3 Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death? 4 If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.
• 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 And the Lord sent disease on the king and he became a leper, and to the day of his death he was living separately in his private house. And Jotham his son was over his house, judging the people of the land.
• 2 Chr 26:19-21 : 19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes. 20 And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him. 21 So King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his 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 falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
• Matt 9:18 : 18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!
• 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
• Matt 10:8 : 8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.
• Matt 13:58 : 58 And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.
• Matt 14:33 : 33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
• Matt 20:20 : 20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
• Matt 26:6 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
• Matt 28:9 : 9 And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.
• Matt 28:17 : 17 And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt.
• Acts 10:25 : 25 And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.
• 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
• Mark 5:6-7 : 6 And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship; 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
• Num 5:2-3 : 2 Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead; 3 Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.
• Num 12:10 : 10 And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.