Matthew 8

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Matthew 8 follows the Sermon on the Mount with a chapter of action, as if to show that the one who taught with authority also acts with it. Jesus touches and cleanses a leper, heals a Roman centurion's servant from a distance and marvels at the man's faith, cures Peter's mother-in-law, and heals crowds in fulfillment of Isaiah's "He took on our infirmities." He tells two would-be followers what discipleship costs, sleeps through a storm and then silences it, and frees two demon-possessed men in Gentile country, after which the whole town asks him to leave.

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Matthew 8 begins the moment the Sermon on the Mount ends. Jesus comes down the mountain and the crowds follow, and the first person to reach him is a leper, a man the law required to keep his distance. Jesus reaches out and touches him. The second is a Roman centurion, an officer of the occupying army, who asks for his servant and then declines Jesus's offer to come, because he understands authority: say the word, and it will be done. Jesus marvels, and says that many will come from east and west to sit with Abraham while the expected guests are left outside. Peter's mother-in-law is healed with a touch; an evening of healings follows, and Matthew hears in it Isaiah's servant who took on our infirmities. Then the chapter turns to cost. A scribe volunteers and is told the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head; a disciple asks to bury his father first and is told to let the dead bury their dead. A storm rises on the sea while Jesus sleeps; the disciples wake him, he rebukes the wind and the water, and they ask the question the whole Gospel exists to answer: what kind of man is this? The chapter ends on the far shore, where two men are delivered from a legion of demons, a herd of pigs drowns, and the whole town comes out to ask Jesus to leave.

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Matthew 8:1-4 Matthew 8:5-13 Matthew 8:18-22 Matthew 8:23-27 Isaiah 53:4

Historical and literary context

The chapter opens as Jesus comes down the mountain, and Matthew arranges ten miracles across chapters 8 and 9 to present Jesus as the Messiah in deed as the sermon presented him in word. Lepers were excluded from the community under the law; a centurion was a Gentile officer of the occupying army; the region of the Gadarenes, on the east side of the sea, was Gentile territory where pigs were kept. Each encounter crosses a boundary of purity, nation, or power. The quotation of Isaiah 53:4 in verse 17 ties the healings to the suffering servant.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 4 are the leper, touched and cleansed and sent to the priest. Verses 5 to 13 are the centurion, whose understanding of authority astonishes Jesus and prompts the saying about many coming from east and west. Verses 14 to 17 are Peter's mother-in-law and the evening of healings, with Isaiah quoted. Verses 18 to 22 are two would-be disciples: foxes have dens, let the dead bury their dead. Verses 23 to 27 are the storm on the sea, the sleeping Jesus, the disciples' cry, and the calm. Verses 28 to 34 are the two demon-possessed men, the pigs, and the town that begs Jesus to go.

Why this chapter matters

Matthew 8 shows the range of Jesus's authority: over disease, over distance, over demons, over the sea itself. The centurion's words, "just say the word," have entered Christian liturgy, prayed before communion in many traditions. The question the disciples ask in the boat, "What kind of man is this?", is the question the whole Gospel is answering. The chapter is also honest about the cost and the rejection that come with Jesus: the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head, following him outranks even burying a father, and a town that has just seen two men freed asks him to leave because of the pigs.

Interpretive tension to watch

"Let the dead bury their own dead" is among the hardest sayings of Jesus, apparently overriding one of the most sacred duties of the ancient world. Was the man's father already dead, or was he asking to wait until an aged parent died? Either way, Jesus places the call to follow above every competing claim, and the saying resists softening. The pigs, too, trouble readers: two men are freed and a herd is lost, and the town prefers its pigs. The chapter lets the reader feel that choice.

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Jesus touches the leper before speaking. What does the touch communicate that the word alone would not?
The centurion understands Jesus's authority from his own experience of command. What in your experience helps you understand how Jesus works?
The town asked Jesus to leave after he freed two men. What might make a community prefer its pigs to its neighbors' healing?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 Da Yesu ya sauko daga dutsen, sai taro masu yawa suka bi shi. 2 Sai wani kuturu ya zo gunsa ya yi masa sujada, ya ce, “Ubangiji, in dai ka yarda, za ka iya tsarkake ni.” 3 Yesu ya mika hannunsa ya taba shi, ya ce, “Na yarda, ka tsarkaka.” Nan da nan aka tsarkake shi daga kuturtarsa. 4 Yesu ya ce masa, 'Ka tabbata, ba ka gaya wa kowa komai ba. Sai dai ka je ka nuna kan ka ga firist, ka kuma bayar da baiko da Musa ya umarta domin shaida garesu? 5 Da Yesu ya shiga kafarnahum, sai wani hafsa ya zo gunsa ya roke shi, 6 Ya ce, Ubangiji, bawana na kwance shanyayye a gida, yana shan azaba kwarai.” 7 Yesu ya ce masa, “Zan zo in warkar da shi.” 8 Sai hafsan, ya ce, “Ubangiji, ban isa har ka zo gida na ba, amma sai ka yi magana kawai, bawana kuwa zai warke. 9 Domin ni ma ina karkashin ikon wani ne, ina kuma da sojoji a karkashina, sai in ce wa wannan, 'je ka,' sai ya je, wani kuma in ce masa, 'zo,' sai ya zo, in ce wa bawa na, 'yi abu kaza,' sai ya yi,” 10 Da Yesu ya ji haka, sai ya yi mamaki, har ya ce wa mabiyansa, “Gaskiya, ina gaya maku, ko a cikin isra'ila ban taba samun bangaskiya mai karfi irin wannan ba. 11 Na gaya maku, da yawa za su zo daga gabas da yamma, su zauna cin abinci tare da Ibrahim da Ishaku, da Yakubu a cikin mulkin sama. 12 Amma 'ya'yan mulkin kuwa sai a jefa su cikin matsanancin duhu. Can za su yi kuka da cizon hakora.” 13 Yesu ya ce wa hafsan, “Je ka! Bari ya zamar maka gwargwadon bangaskiyar da ka yi,” A daidai wannan sa'a bawansa ya warke. 14 Da Yesu ya shiga gidan Btrus, sai ya ga surukar Bitrus tana kwance da zazzabi. 15 Yesu ya taba hannunta, zazzabin ya sake ta, ta kuma tashi ta fara yi masa hidima. 16 Da maraice ya yi, sai mutanen suka kakkawo wa Yesu masu aljanu da yawa. Da magana kawai ya fitar da aljanun, ya kuma warkar da dukan marasa lafiya. 17 Ta haka kuwa maganar annabi Ishaya ta samu cika cewa, “Shi da kansa ya debe rashin lafiyar mu, ya dauke cututtukan mu.” 18 Sa'adda Yesu ya ga taro masu yawa kewaye da shi, sai ya ba da umarni su tafi su koma wancan hayi na tekun Galili. 19 Sai wani marubuci ya zo ya ce masa, “Malam, zan bi ka duk inda za ka je.” 20 Yesu ya ce masa, “Yanyawa suna da ramukansu, tsuntsayen sama kuma da shekunan su, amma Dan mutum ba shi da wurin da zai kwanta.” 21 Wani cikin almajiran ya ce masa, “Ubangiji, ka bar ni tukuna in je in binne mahaifina.” 22 Amma Yesu ya ce masa, “Bari matattu su binne matattunsu.” 23 Da Yesu ya shiga jirgi, almajiransa suka bi shi. 24 Sai ga wata babbar iska ta taso a tekun, har rakuman ruwa suka fara shan kan jirgin. Amma Yesu yana barci. 25 Sai almajiran sa suka je suka tashe shi, suka ce, “Ubangiji, ka cece mu, za mu hallaka!” 26 Yesu ya ce masu, “Don me kuka firgita haka, ya ku masu karancin bangaskiya?” Sa'annan ya tashi, ya tsauta wa iskar da tekun. Sai wurin gaba daya ya yi tsit. 27 Mutanen suka yi al'ajibi, suka ce, “Wanne irin mutum ne wannan, wanda har iska da teku ma suke masa biyayya?”. 28 Da Yesu ya zo daga wancan hayin a kasar Garasinawa, mutane biyu masu al'janu suka fito suka same shi. Suna fitowa daga makabarta kuma suna da fada sosai, har ma ba mai iya bin ta wannan hanya. 29 Sai suka kwala ihu suka ce, “Ina ruwanka da mu, kai dan Allah? Ka zo nan ne ka yi mana azaba tun kafin lokaci ya yi?” 30 To akwai wani garken aladu masu yawa na kiwo, babu nisa da su. 31 Sai al'janun suka roki Yesu suka ce, “In ka fitar da mu, tura mu cikin garken aladun nan.” 32 “Yesu ya ce masu, “To, ku je.” Sai aljanun suka fita, suka shiga cikin aladun. Sai kuwa duk garken suka rugungunta ta gangaren, suka fada cikin tekun, suka hallaka a ruwa. 33 Mutanen masu kiwon aladun suka gudu, suka shiga gari, suka yi ta ba da labarin komai da komai, musamman abin da ya faru da masu al'janun. 34 Sai duk jama'ar gari suka fito su sami Yesu. Da suka gan shi, suka roke shi ya bar kasarsu.