# Matthew 08 📖: Jesus Heals and Calms the Storm [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Matthew Overview]] | [[Matthew 07]] | [[Matthew 09]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### Cleansing a Leper **Title**: **Principle**: Jesus heals us completely. [[#Verse 01]] After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.  [[#Verse 02]] And a leper approached and bowed low before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”  [[#Verse 03]] He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.  [[#Verse 04]] Then Jesus said to him, “See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” #### Healing the Centurion’s Servant **Title**: **Principle**: God’s love language is trust. [[#Verse 05]] When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help: [[#Verse 06]] “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”  [[#Verse 07]] Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”  [[#Verse 08]] But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof! Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.  [[#Verse 09]] For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”  [[#Verse 10]] When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!  [[#Verse 11]] I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,  [[#Verse 12]] but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”  [[#Verse 13]] Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour. #### Healings at Peter’s House **Title**: **Principle**: Healed to serve. [[#Verse 14]] Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.  [[#Verse 15]] He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Thenshe got up and began to serve them.  [[#Verse 16]] When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word,and healed all who were sick.  [[#Verse 17]] In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled: “**_He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases_**.” #### Challenging Professed Followers **Title**: **Principle**: The price of following Jesus is to follow fully. [[#Verse 18]] Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.  [[#Verse 19]] Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”  [[#Verse 20]] Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”  [[#Verse 21]] Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”  [[#Verse 22]] But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” #### Stilling of a Storm **Title**: **Principle**: Jesus- Completely in control. [[#Verse 23]] As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.  [[#Verse 24]] And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.  [[#Verse 25]] So they came and woke him up saying, “Lord, save us! We are about to die!”  [[#Verse 26]] But he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.  [[#Verse 27]] And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!” #### Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs **Title**: **Principle**: All Bow to Jesus [[#Verse 28]] When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.  [[#Verse 29]] They cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”  [[#Verse 30]] A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.  [[#Verse 31]] Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”  [[#Verse 32]] And he said, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water. [[#Verse 33]] The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.  [[#Verse 34]] Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. # ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== #### Overview. Extra. Miracles at the Sea of Galilee Jesus Calms the Storm- [[Matthew 08|Matthew 08:23-27]], [[Mark 04|Mark 04:35-41]], [[Luke 08|Luke 08:22-25]] Jesus Walks on Water- [[Matthew 14|Matthew 14:22-33]], [[Mark 06|Mark 06:45-52]], [[John 06|John 06:16-21]] The Miraculous Catch of Fish- [[Luke 05|Luke 05:4-11]] A Second Miraculous Catch- [[John 21|John 21:1-14]] ##### Verse 01 ##### Verse 02 ##### Verse 03 ##### Verse 04 ##### Verse 05 ##### Verse 06 ##### Verse 07 ##### Verse 08 ##### Verse 09 ##### Verse 10 ##### Verse 11 ##### Verse 12 ##### Verse 13 ##### Verse 14 ##### Verse 15 ##### Verse 16 ##### Verse 17 ##### Verse 18 ##### Verse 19 ##### Verse 20 ##### Verse 21 ##### Verse 22 ##### Verse 23 ##### Verse 24 ##### Verse 25 ##### Verse 26 ##### Verse 27 ##### Verse 28 ##### Verse 29 ##### Verse 30 ##### Verse 31 ##### Verse 32 ##### Verse 33 ##### Verse 34 ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Under the Law, lepers had to live outside the camp and cry out "Unclean" (Leviticus 13:45-46). Jesus touched the man as He healed him (8:3). 2. Jesus sent the healed man to the priest (8:4) because Leviticus 14 required a priest to confirm the cleansing. 3. A centurion commanded about a hundred soldiers in the Roman army. 4. Excavations in Capernaum uncovered a first-century house that was later turned into a Christian meeting place, traditionally identified as Peter's house (8:14). 5. "Son of Man" (8:20) is Jesus' favorite title for Himself, drawn from Daniel 7:13-14. This is its first use in Matthew. 6. Jesus' words "let the dead bury their own dead" (8:22) show that following Him takes priority over even the most sacred family duties. 7. The Sea of Galilee lies about 700 feet below sea level and is surrounded by hills, which makes sudden, violent storms common. 8. Matthew records two demon-possessed men (8:28), while Mark and Luke focus on one, likely the more prominent of the two. 9. The region across the lake was largely Gentile, which explains the large herd of pigs (8:30). 10. The Greek word for the storm in 8:24 is *seismos*, the word usually used for an earthquake. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Lord with authority over disease, nature, and demons (8:3, 26, 32). Matthew says He fulfilled Isaiah 53:4 by taking our weaknesses and carrying our diseases (8:17; 1 Peter 2:24). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The leper did not doubt Jesus' power, only asked if He was willing (8:2-3). How does his request combine faith and humility? 2. Jesus praised the faith of a Roman centurion above anyone in Israel (8:10). What made his faith so remarkable? 3. The disciples panicked in the storm while Jesus slept (8:24-26). What storms make you afraid, and how does this passage speak to them? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verses 2-3: Jesus touches the leper and makes him clean. - 📖 verse 8: The centurion believes Jesus only needs to say the word for his servant to be healed. - 📖 verse 20: The Son of Man has no place to lay His head. - 📖 verses 26-27: Jesus rebukes the wind and the sea, and the disciples marvel that even they obey Him. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Leviticus 14#Verse 01.|Leviticus 14:1-32]] - The law for cleansing a healed leper. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 49#Verse 12.|Isaiah 49:12]] and [[Luke 13#Verse 29.|Luke 13:29]] - People will come from east and west to the feast. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 53#Verse 04.|Isaiah 53:4]] - He took up our pain and bore our suffering. - 🔗 [[2 Corinthians 08#Verse 09.|2 Corinthians 8:9]] and [[Philippians 02#Verse 07.|Philippians 2:7]] - Though rich, He became poor for our sake. - 🔗 [[Luke 09#Verse 57.|Luke 9:57-62]] - The cost of following Jesus. - 🔗 [[Psalm 89#Verse 09.|Psalm 89:9]] and [[Psalm 107#Verse 28.|Psalm 107:28-29]] - God stills the raging sea. - 🔗 [[Mark 05#Verse 01.|Mark 5:1-20]] - The Gerasene demoniac. - 🔗 [[James 02#Verse 19.|James 2:19]] - Even the demons believe and tremble. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Matthew 08 - SOAP|Jesus is Willing]] ## 📂 Internal Notes