Mark 1:40 (GNV)

Passage

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeled downe vnto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:38 Then he said vnto them, Let vs go into the next townes, that I may preach there also: for I came out for that purpose.

Mark 1:39 And hee preached in their Synagogues, throughout all Galile, and cast the deuils out.

Mark 1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeled downe vnto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.

Mark 1:41 And Iesus had compassion, and put foorth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I wil: be thou cleane.

Mark 1:42 And assone as he had spoken, immediatly ye leprosie departed from him, and he was made cleane.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "leper", "beseeching", "kneeled", "downe", "vnto", "said", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "leper", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And hee preached in their Synagogues throughout..." into verse 41's "And Iesus had compassion and put foorth...", so "came" and "leper" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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