Matthew 8:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα, ἥψατο αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, λέγων, Θέλω· καθαρίσθητι. Καὶ εὐθέως ἐκαθαρίσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ λέπρα.

Transliteration

And ekteinas the cheira, hēpsato of-him the Iēsous, legōn, Thelō; katharisthēti. And eutheōs ekatharisthē of-him the lepra.

Grammar Details

• *ekteinas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having stretched out
• τὴν: accusative feminine singular article - the
• *cheira*: accusative feminine singular - hand
• *hēpsato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he touched
• αὐτοῦ: genitive masculine singular pronoun - of him
• ὁ: nominative masculine singular article - the
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - saying
• *Thelō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I will/desire
• *katharisthēti*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd person singular - be cleansed
• *eutheōs*: adverb - immediately/at once
• *ekatharisthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was cleansed
• ἡ: nominative feminine singular article - the
• *lepra*: nominative feminine singular - leprosy

Word Meanings

• *ekteinas*: having stretched out/extended
• *cheira*: hand
• *hēpsato*: touched/took hold of
• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *legōn*: saying/speaking
• *Thelō*: I will/wish/desire
• *katharisthēti*: be cleansed/purified/made clean
• *eutheōs*: immediately/at once/straight away
• *ekatharisthē*: was cleansed/was purified/was made clean
• *lepra*: leprosy/skin disease

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
• Luke 5:13 : 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
• 2 Kgs 5:14 : 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
• Gen 1:3 : 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Mark 7:34 : 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
• Mark 9:25 : 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
• 2 Kgs 5:11 : 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
• Matt 11:4-5 : 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Mark 1:41 : 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
• Mark 4:39 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
• Mark 5:41 : 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
• Luke 7:14 : 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
• Luke 17:14-15 : 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 11:43 : 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.