And HE Touched Her Hand, And The Fever Left Her, And She Arose And Ministered To Them

And HE Touched Her Hand, And The Fever Left Her, And She Arose And Ministered To Them

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She arose, and ministered unto them.–The fact is stated as showing the completeness of the work of healing. The “great fever” had not left behind it its usual sequel of weakness and exhaustion. Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. – And he touched her hand. Perhaps with her, as with the leper (ver. 3), the word alone would not have been enough. In both cases the faith seems to have been below that of the centurion. And the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them; Revised Version. him, with manuscripts. Serving them all (parallel passages), and him in particular. If it were her own house this would be doubly natural (cf Luke 10:40). The change of tense (aorist to imperfect) contrasts the single act of arising from her bed and her continued ministry at the meal (cf. Matthew 4:11).


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