And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. See Matthew 8:3. John Calvin made a most remarkable comment concerning this verse. See Matthew 8:1-4. Read and enjoy John Calvin’s remark. “Under the law, the touch of a leper was infectious; but as Christ possesses such purity as to repel all filth and defilement, he does not, by touching, either pollute Himself with leprosy, or become a transgressor of the law. By his word alone he could have healed the leper, but he applied, at the same time, the touch of his hand, to express the feeling of compassion. The stretching out of his hand was therefore an expression and token of infinite grace and goodness. The son of God was so far from disdaining to talk to a leper that he even stretched out his hand to touch that uncleanness.”
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