John Gill's Exposition on Luke 4:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And many lepers were in Israel, etc.] The leprosy was a disease very common among the Jews; hence those laws concerning it in (<031301>Leviticus 13:1-14:57) and it seems by this account, that it was very prevalent, in the time of Eliseus the prophet; that is, the prophet Elisha; who, by the Septuagint, in <111916>1 Kings 19:16 and, in other places, is called “Elisaie”: and none of them was cleansed; from their leprosy, by any direction of the prophet, saving Naaman, the Syrian: or but Naaman, who was not an Israelite, but a Syrian: he was cleansed and cured of his leprosy, being ordered by Elisha to dip himself seven times in Jordan, which he did, and was healed, (<120514>2 Kings 5:14).

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