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| Matthew 8 |
| | 8:1
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. |
| | 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean. |
| | 8:3
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. |
(8:5-13) "My servant lieth at home sick."
Jesus is approached by a centurion who asks him to heal his servant. But when
the same story is told in Luke (7:1-7), the centurion doesn't come himself but sends
some "elders of the Jews."
Did the Centurion ask Jesus directly to help his servant?
 Here was the perfect opportunity for Jesus to condemn slavery. All he'd have to do is say, "OK,
I'll heal him. But then you must set your slave free, because slavery is an abomination to God."
Does God approve of slavery?
(8:5-13)
What was the relationship between the centurion and his slave?
Were they a gay couple? If so, Jesus didn't seem to mind.
| | 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew
thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
| 8:5
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching
him,
| 8:6
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
| | 8:7
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
| | 8:8
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest
come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
| | 8:9
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to
this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my
servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
| | 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily
I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. |
"When Jesus heard it, he marvelled."
Did Jesus know everything?
| | 8:11
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall
sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. |
BOM: Alma 5:24, 7:25
| | 8:12
But the children of the
kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth. |
"There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Jesus says "the children of the kingdom
[the Jews] shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth." But Paul (Romans 11:26) says that "all
Israel shall be saved."
What will happen to Jews when they die?
| | 8:13
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed,
so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
| | 8:14
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. |
| | 8:15
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them. |
| | 8:16
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed
with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that
were sick: |
| | 8:17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. |
| | 8:18
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to
depart unto the other side. |
| | 8:19
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest. |
| | 8:20
And Jesus saith unto
him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head. |
| | 8:21
And another of his
disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. |
"Let the dead bury the dead."
Jesus tells a man who had just lost his father: "Let the dead bury the
dead."
 Matthew and Levi
| | 8:22
But Jesus said unto
him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
| | 8:23
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
| | 8:24
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the
ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
| | 8:25
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we
perish. |
 The Gerasene Demoniacs
| | 8:26
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
| | 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey him! |
(8:28) "There met him two possessed with devils"
Jesus meets two men (both Mk.5:2 and Lk.8:27 say there was only one) possessed by devils.
How many men were possessed with devils?
 (8:29) "They cried out ... Jesus, thou Son of God."
The devils confess that Jesus is the Son of
God. So according to 1 Jn.4:15, God dwells in the devils and the devils in God.
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 The Miracle of the
Gaderene Swine
(Briton Riviere, 1883)
| | 8:28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes,
there met him two
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so
that no man might pass by that way.
| | 8:29
And, behold, they cried out,
saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou
come hither to torment us before the time?
| | 8:30
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
| | 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go
away into the herd of swine.
| | 8:32
And he said unto them,
Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and,
behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the
sea, and perished in the waters. |
"The whole herd ... perished."
The devils ask Jesus to cast them into a herd of pigs. He does, and the poor
pigs run off into the sea and drown.
Bertrand Russell in Why I am not a
Christian considered this story to be evidence of the defective moral
character of Jesus. For if Jesus was omnipotent, he could have could have found a kinder way to dispense with the
devils -- like just making them go away, for instance.
| | 8:33
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told
every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
| | 8:34
And, behold, the whole city came
out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he
would depart out of their coasts. |
After Jesus kills the herd of pigs by sending
devils into them, the "whole city" asks him to leave. Who could blame them?
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