Bible Strands
Matthew 8:14
When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus arrives at Peter’s house and observes Peter’s mother-in-law lying ill with a fever, immediately following the healing of the centurion’s servant.
The words — The aorist participle ἐλθὼν (elthōn) translates to “having come,” marking Jesus’ completed movement into the location before the observation.
The thread — This narrative runs parallel to the accounts in Luke 4:38 and Mark 1:29, while Peter’s domestic connection is noted in 1 Corinthians 9:5.
Why it lands — The text records a factual observation of illness, requiring the reader to acknowledge Jesus’ immediate presence and authority before the subsequent healing action.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
Cross-references
- Luke 4:38 After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
- Mark 1:29 As soon as Jesus and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- Matthew 17:25 “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
- 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- 1 Timothy 4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.