Matthew 8:15 (DBY)

Passage

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and served him.

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

Matthew 8:14 And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;

Matthew 8:15 and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and served him.

Matthew 8:16 And when the evening was come, they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill;

Matthew 8:17 so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "touched", "hand", "fever", "left", "arose", and "served". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "touched" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And when Jesus had come to Peter's..." into verse 16's "And when the evening was come they...", so "touched" and "hand" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "touched" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.