Jesus Takes Peter's Mother-in-Law by the HandBible World
4:39Luke 4:39
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
Jesus comes to Peter's house seeking rest just after leaving the synagogue at Capernaum, is told that Peter's mother-in-law lies sick with a severe fever, stands over her and rebukes the fever so that it leaves her at once. She immediately rises from suffering with joy and gratitude to God and ministers to Jesus and His disciples with her own hands in preparing food for them. He is revealed here as the great Physician and Lifegiver and Restorer, with power and authority to heal at once in opposition to Satan the destroyer, so that bodily restoration gives hope to the sick and prepares the way for restoration of the soul. The healing belongs to His extensive Sabbath ministry as a medical missionary, His busiest day for healing the laboring people wherever He went with words of comfort and love and willing, joyful power to restore sufferers. His rebuke of disease stands as the pattern for earnest prayer and faith for healing in His name even when appearances are discouraging, bringing effectual relief and stopping disease at once though full strength may return more slowly.
Setting and Miracle
The healing takes place at Peter's house just after Jesus leaves the synagogue at Capernaum while the people are still spell-bound over what happened there. He goes there seeking a little rest, but there is no rest for him, no rest for the Son of Man. There he is told that Peter's wife's mother, Simon's wife's mother, Simon Peter's wife's mother, is sick with a fever. The fever is described as a great fever and as a severe fever, and his sympathetic heart is at once moved to relieve the suffering woman.
He stands over her and rebukes the fever, rebukes the disease, and it is at once removed from her and leaves her immediately. The act is also described as touching her. She immediately rises from the bed and from suffering, at once rising to serve those present. She rises filled with joy and gratitude and praising God and the Lord for mercy shown to her. With willing hands she ministers to the needs and wants of the Master and His disciples, serving Jesus and his disciples by preparing food for them, ministering in return to those who had ministered to her.
Restorer and Sabbath Ministry
Jesus has power and authority to restore the sick at once, rebuking the fever so that it leaves and the sufferer immediately rises. He is the great Physician and Lifegiver and Restorer, standing against Satan the destroyer, and that restoration gives hope to the sick that illness can be cured. The same healing came after prayer, with victory over the destroyer's power received through prayer and faith.
Her restoration of body illustrates His work of restoring the sick and afflicted. Practical care for the sick belongs in ministry because restoring the body prepares the way for restoring the soul.
The healing is part of His extensive Sabbath ministry of comforting and healing those who suffer. The Sabbath was His busiest day for healing the sick, because on that day He could best reach those laboring during the week. Wherever He went He worked as a medical missionary, an unerring physician speaking words of comfort and love, with a stream of healing power flowing from Him that made the sick whole. He healed men and women with unhesitating willingness and hearty joyfulness, glad to restore sufferers to health and to comfort those who suffer.
Pattern for Prayer Today
Christ as the great Physician who rebukes fever and frees the sick is the pattern for healing that comes after prayer, and Christ as Lifegiver and Restorer rebukes the destroyer's power with victory received through prayer and faith. The rebuke of the fever with its immediate leaving and the immediate rising to serve stands as an example of disease effectually rebuked, upholding faith and earnest prayer for healing even when appearances are discouraging.
Rebuking a child's disease in Jesus' name follows that same exercise of Christ's power and authority over illness, though in that case the recovery of strength took longer than the instant rising to serve. So also Edson's disease was stopped with immediate relief after it was rebuked in Jesus' name, yet he remained weak and did not regain strength at once. Likewise a prayer asking God to rebuke a fever and strengthen a sick man reflects the leaving of fever after rebuke, and the man was relieved though he remained weak.
Jesus comes to Peter's house seeking rest just after leaving the synagogue at Capernaum, is told that Peter's mother-in-law lies sick with a severe fever, stands over her and rebukes the fever so that it leaves her at once. She immediately rises from suffering with joy and gratitude to God and ministers to Jesus and His disciples with her own hands in preparing food for them. He is revealed here as the great Physician and Lifegiver and Restorer, with power and authority to heal at once in opposition to Satan the destroyer, so that bodily restoration gives hope to the sick and prepares the way for restoration of the soul. The healing belongs to His extensive Sabbath ministry as a medical missionary, His busiest day for healing the laboring people wherever He went with words of comfort and love and willing, joyful power to restore sufferers. His rebuke of disease stands as the pattern for earnest prayer and faith for healing in His name even when appearances are discouraging, bringing effectual relief and stopping disease at once though full strength may return more slowly.
Setting and Miracle
The healing takes place at Peter's house just after Jesus leaves the synagogue at Capernaum while the people are still spell-bound over what happened there. He goes there seeking a little rest, but there is no rest for him, no rest for the Son of Man. There he is told that Peter's wife's mother, Simon's wife's mother, Simon Peter's wife's mother, is sick with a fever. The fever is described as a great fever and as a severe fever, and his sympathetic heart is at once moved to relieve the suffering woman.
He stands over her and rebukes the fever, rebukes the disease, and it is at once removed from her and leaves her immediately. The act is also described as touching her. She immediately rises from the bed and from suffering, at once rising to serve those present. She rises filled with joy and gratitude and praising God and the Lord for mercy shown to her. With willing hands she ministers to the needs and wants of the Master and His disciples, serving Jesus and his disciples by preparing food for them, ministering in return to those who had ministered to her.
Restorer and Sabbath Ministry
Jesus has power and authority to restore the sick at once, rebuking the fever so that it leaves and the sufferer immediately rises. He is the great Physician and Lifegiver and Restorer, standing against Satan the destroyer, and that restoration gives hope to the sick that illness can be cured. The same healing came after prayer, with victory over the destroyer's power received through prayer and faith.
Her restoration of body illustrates His work of restoring the sick and afflicted. Practical care for the sick belongs in ministry because restoring the body prepares the way for restoring the soul.
The healing is part of His extensive Sabbath ministry of comforting and healing those who suffer. The Sabbath was His busiest day for healing the sick, because on that day He could best reach those laboring during the week. Wherever He went He worked as a medical missionary, an unerring physician speaking words of comfort and love, with a stream of healing power flowing from Him that made the sick whole. He healed men and women with unhesitating willingness and hearty joyfulness, glad to restore sufferers to health and to comfort those who suffer.
Pattern for Prayer Today
Christ as the great Physician who rebukes fever and frees the sick is the pattern for healing that comes after prayer, and Christ as Lifegiver and Restorer rebukes the destroyer's power with victory received through prayer and faith. The rebuke of the fever with its immediate leaving and the immediate rising to serve stands as an example of disease effectually rebuked, upholding faith and earnest prayer for healing even when appearances are discouraging.
Rebuking a child's disease in Jesus' name follows that same exercise of Christ's power and authority over illness, though in that case the recovery of strength took longer than the instant rising to serve. So also Edson's disease was stopped with immediate relief after it was rebuked in Jesus' name, yet he remained weak and did not regain strength at once. Likewise a prayer asking God to rebuke a fever and strengthen a sick man reflects the leaving of fever after rebuke, and the man was relieved though he remained weak.