Matthew 8:15 (WEB)

Passage

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:13 Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.

Matthew 8:14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

Matthew 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

Matthew 8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

Matthew 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”Isaiah 53:4

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "touched", "hand", "fever", "left", 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 "When Jesus came into Peter s house..." into verse 16's "When evening came they brought to him...", 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.