Matthew 8:14 Meaning and Explanation
“And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Matthew 8:14 Mean?
The scene moves into a private home, the house of Peter in Capernaum. There Jesus finds Peter's wife's mother laid low by a fever. The detail is intimate and homely, a reminder that Jesus entered fully into the ordinary life of those who followed Him.
That Matthew mentions Peter's wife's mother tells us Peter was a married man with a household. Into this household sickness has come, and Jesus does not pass it by. The same Lord who healed the outcast leper and the foreigner's servant now turns His attention to the family of His own disciple. No need is too small or too near to escape His compassion; He cares for those within the circle of His friends as tenderly as for the crowds.
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What does Matthew 8:14 mean?
Entering Peter's home, Jesus finds Peter's mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.