And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Peter had a wife and a house at Capernaum, proving Christ honors the marriage state and blesses those who abandon their quarters to be near Him. Rome's ban on clerical marriage contradicts the very apostle from whom it claims descent.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 8:14-17
And he touched her hand,.... Sometimes he healed by a word, as the centurion's servant; and sometimes by a touch, as here; and sometimes by both, as the leper. Luke says, that he "stood over her", reached over her to take her by the hand, and lift her up, "and rebuked the fever".
Verses 14,15. This account is contained also in ; and . Mark adds that Simon and Andrew lived together, and that James and John went with them to the house. He adds, also, that before the miracle they spake to him about the sick person. The miracle was direct and complete. She was so completely restored as to attend them, and minister to them.