Matthew 8:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And a leper approached and bowed low before him, saying,“Lord, if you are willing, you can 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 Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’
• Matt 15:25 : 25 But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!”
• Rev 22:8-9 : 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me. 9 But he said to me,“Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”
• Mark 9:22-24 : 22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 Then Jesus said to him,“‘If you are able?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said,“I believe; help my unbelief!”
• Lev 13:44-46 : 44 he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. 45 The Life of the Person with Skin Disease“As for the diseased person who has the infection, his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, and he must call out‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.
• Mark 1:40-45 : 40 Cleansing a Leper Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help.“If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said. 41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying,“I am willing. Be clean!” 42 The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean. 43 Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning. 44 He told him,“See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 45 But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.
• Luke 5:12-14 : 12 Healing a Leper While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him,“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying,“I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him,“Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
• Luke 17:12-19 : 12 As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance, 13 raised their voices and said,“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said,“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16 He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.(Now he was a Samaritan.) 17 Then Jesus said,“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to the man,“Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
• John 9:38 : 38 He said,“Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
• Matt 9:28-29 : 28 When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him,“Yes, Lord.” 29 Then he touched their eyes saying,“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
• Deut 24:8-9 : 8 Respect for Human Dignity Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do. 9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt.
• 2 Kgs 7:3-4 : 3 Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another,“Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? 4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, we’ll live; if they kill us– well, we were going to die anyway.”
• 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 The LORD afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
• 2 Chr 26:19-21 : 19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the LORD’s temple near the incense altar. 20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king himself wanted to leave quickly because the LORD had afflicted him. 21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the LORD’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
• Matt 2:11 : 11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”
• Matt 9:18 : 18 Restoration and Healing As he was saying these things, a leader came, bowed low before him, and said,“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the LORD punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”
• 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Elisha Heals a Syrian General Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.
• Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
• Matt 13:58 : 58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
• Matt 14:33 : 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying,“Truly you are the Son of God.”
• Matt 20:20 : 20 A Request for James and John Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.
• Matt 26:6 : 6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
• Matt 28:9 : 9 But Jesus met them, saying,“Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.
• Matt 28:17 : 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
• Acts 10:25 : 25 So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
• 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
• Rev 19:10 : 10 So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said,“Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Mark 5:6-7 : 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. 7 Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”
• Num 5:2-3 : 2 “Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. 3 You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps, among which I live.”
• Num 12:10 : 10 After the cloud had departed from above the tent, there was Miriam, leprous like snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and realized that she was leprous!
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”