King James Version
Matthew 8:15 in the King James Version says “And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.”
Matthew 8:15 · KJV
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.
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
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:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he touched”
G680properly, to attach oneself to, i.e., to touch (in many implied relations)
“hand”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
“her”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“her”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“she arose”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“ministered”
G1247to be an attendant, i.e., wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a christian deacon
“her”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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