Mark - 1:30



30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 1:30.

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But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:
And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.
And the mother-in-law of Simon lay in a fever. And straightway they speak to him about her.
But the mother of Simon's wife lay sick with a fever; and forthwith they tell him of her.
and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,
But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and immediately they tell him of her.
Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill in bed with a fever, and without delay they informed Him about her.
Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:
But the mother-in-law of Simon lay ill with a fever. And at once they told him about her.
Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with a fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever,.... "A great fever", Luke says, Luke 4:38; a very violent one, which threatened with death, and must be very dangerous to an old person; See Gill on Matthew 8:14,
And anon they tell him or her; for it seems, that not as soon as he came into the house, but some time after, when he had sat awhile, and rested himself after his fatigue in preaching; they acquainted him with her case, and beseeched him to look upon her, and restore her: this was done, either by Simon and Andrew, or by some others of their friends that were in the house; who having either seen, or heard of his dispossessing the unclean spirit, might rightly conclude he had power to remove a fever.

But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever--Luke, as was natural in "the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14), describes it professionally; calling it a "great fever," and thus distinguishing it from that lighter kind which the Greek physicians were wont to call "small fevers," as GALEN, quoted by WETSTEIN, tells us.
and anon--immediately.
they tell him of her--naturally hoping that His compassion and power towards one of His own disciples would not be less signally displayed than towards the demonized stranger in the synagogue.

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