Mark 1:45

“But he went out, etc..] Either out of the synagogue; for in (<410139>Mark 1:39), it is said, that Christ preached in their synagogues, etc.. and in (<410140>Mark 1:40), “there came a leper to him”; and Luke very, plainly suggests, that he was in the city, (<420512>Luke 5:12), and he might be in the synagogue: and this was allowed a leper, according to the Jewish canons, provided some rules were observed; which were these f22: “if a leper enters into a synagogue, they make for him a partition ten hands high, and four cubits broad; he enters in first, and goes out last:” or, it may be, he went out of the house where he was, into the city, and parts adjacent; for it seems as if the cure was…”

“And there came a leper ... - See the notes at Matthew 8:1-4. Kneeling down to him - He kneeled and inclined his face to the ground, in token of deep humiliation and earnest entreaty. Compare Luke 5:12. If thou wilt - This was an acknowledgment of the almighty power of Jesus, and an appeal to his benevolence. Make me clean - You (Jesus) can heal me of this loathsome and offensive disease, in the eye of the law justly regarded as “unclean,” and render me “legally” clean, and restore me to the privileges of the congregation. And Jesus ...touched him - It was by the law considered as unclean to touch a leprous man. See Numbers 5:2. The fact that Jesus touched him was evidence that the requisite…”

“So that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city - It was also to prevent this inconvenience that our Lord had enjoined him silence. Next: Mark Chapter 2”

“and began: Psa 77:11; Mat 9:31; Luk 5:15; Tit 1:10 could: Mar 2:1, Mar 2:2, Mar 2:13 Next: Mark Chapter 2”