When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
Matthew 8:1. And when he had come down from the mountain Matthew now returns to the course of the history. He had formerly said, that Christ went up into a mountain, (verse 1) then he threw, as it were, into one heap, many leading points of the doctrine of Christ; and now he adds that, about the time when he preached on the mountain, he...
Those who have tasted Christ cannot help but desire more of Him. Yet multitudes followed at large while few truly cleaved to Him. Matthew rightly places this leper's cure first among the miracles: leprosy was God's mark of displeasure, and Christ's healing shows He came to turn away wrath by taking away sin itself.
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Commenting on Matthew 8:1-4
Note here, in general, that the Jews paid civil adoration to their kings and to their prophets: thus Saul stooped with his face to the ground to Samuel; Nebuchadnezzer fell on his face before Daniel, and Obadiah before Elijah; from whence may be gathered, that the adorations given to Christ by them that knew nothing of his divinity, were paid him as a prophet sent from God.