“And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.”
King James Version (KJV)
8:14 Peter's wife's mother - St. Peter was then a young man, as were all the apostles. #Mark 1:29|; Luke 4:38.
8:16 #Mark 1:32|; Luke 4:40.
8:17 Whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by the Prophet Isaiah - He spoke it in a more exalted sense. The evangelist here only alludes to those words, as being capable of this lower meaning also. Such instances are frequent in the sacred writings, and are elegancies rather than imperfections. He fulfilled these words in the highest sense, by bearing our sins in his own body on the tree: in a lower sense, by sympathizing with us in our sorrows, and healing us of the diseases which were the fruit of sin. #Isaiah 53:4|.
Mt 8:15 Touched her hand. He could heal by a word, or by his touch. At his touch the fever left her. Ministered. Was well, and able to prepare a meal for the Lord.