What does Matthew 8:3 Mean?

Context Summary

The Lord can touch thy heart, leprous with impurity, and make its stain depart, so that, as in the case of Naaman, its foulness shall become like "unto the flesh of a little child." See 2 Kings 5:14. The psalmist cried, "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean," alluding to the rite for the cleansing of the leper. Compare Psalms 51:7; Leviticus 14:4, etc. But one touch of Christ's hand is enough, for He is the great High Priest.

He also can heal the paralysis which has limited thy service and pinned thee down in helplessness. As the centurion recognized, because Christ was obedient to the Father's law He was able to wield the Father's power. He humbled Himself and became obedient to the death of the Cross; therefore God hath highly exalted Him, that He might send tides of living energy into the paralyzed will. The Apostle Paul testified, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 8

¹  Jesus cleanses the leper;
⁵  heals the centurion's servant,
¹⁴  Peter's mother in law,
¹⁶  and many others;
¹⁸  shows the cost of following him;
²³  stills the storm on the sea;
²⁸  drives the demons out of two men possessed;
³¹  and tells them to go into the pigs