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Matthew 8 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus heals a leper, a centurion's servant, and Peter's mother-in-law, then calms a storm and drives out demons into a herd of pigs. Below is a research summary for Matthew 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 59
- classic sermon excerpts
- 9
- preachers & commentators
Matthew 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀκολουθέω | akolouthéō | G190 | 5 | follow, reach |
| ἀπέρχομαι | apérchomai | G565 | 5 | come, depart, go, pass away |
| ἀγέλη | agélē | G34 | 3 | herd |
| προσέρχομαι | prosérchomai | G4334 | 4 | come, come thereunto, consent, draw near |
| θάλασσα | thálassa | G2281 | 4 | sea |
| χοῖρος | choîros | G5519 | 3 | swine |
| δαιμονίζομαι | daimonízomai | G1139 | 3 | have a devil |
How preachers through history handled this text
59 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Saviour; they neither have, nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh the depth of this mystery of Divine love; that fallen man has so much to do with Christ, when fallen angels have nothing to do with him! Heb 2:16. Surely here was torment, to be forced to own the excellence that is in Christ, and yet they had no part in him. The devils desire not to have any thing to do with Christ as a Ruler. See whose language those speak, who will have nothing to do with the gospel of Christ. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 8:28–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gadara— Matt 8:28
- Capernaum— Matt 8:5
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