Matthew 8:1
And upon his coming down from the mountain, many multitudes followed him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
In Context
2And behold, a leper who came, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can cleanse me.
Cross References
Matthew 8:18Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side.
Matthew 15:30And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them,
Matthew 20:29And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Luke 5:15But the report about him went through more, and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him from their infirmities.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:1
The evangelist having, in the foregoing chapters, given us a specimen of our Lord's preaching, proceeds now to give some instances of the miracles he wrought, which prove him a Teacher come from God, and the great Healer of a diseased world. In this chapter we have, I. Christ's cleansing of a leper, ver. 1-4 . II. His curing a palsy and fever, ver. 5-18 . III. His communing with two that were disposed to follow him, ver. 19-22 . IV. His controlling the tempest, ver. 23-27 . V. His casting out devils, ver. 28-34 . Read the whole commentary →