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Christ presented to us in three aspects.

I. AS A WORKER — "He stretched forth His hand and touched him." This act was —

1. Natural. The means employed were in harmony with His nature as a human being. Christ felt His oneness with the race.

2. Profound. A common thing apparently, yet who can tell what power was in that "touch." Doubtless there was the communication of a power invisible to human eyes.

3. Beneficent. Here we have the cure of an incurable.

4. Prompt. The earnest appeal obtained an immediate response. This was characteristic of Christ.

II. AS A SPEAKER. "And saith," etc. This shows —

1. His Divine authority — "I will." Such a fiat could have come only from the lips of a Divine person — "Never man spake," etc., "With authority He commandeth," etc. (ver. 28).

2. His consciousness of power. Christ fully knew what power He possessed. Not so with man; consequently how much latent energy lies dormant in the Church of Christ.

3. His possession of power — "Be thou made clean." At the unfaltering tones of Christ's voice all diseases fled.

III. AS A HEALER — "And straightway the leprosy departed," etc. This healing was —

1. Instantaneous.

2. Perfect.

(A. G. Churchill.)

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KJV: And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

WEB: A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."