And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
After Christ had vanquished the evil spirit, he made it appear how much he was under the influence of the good Spirit; and, having defended himself against the devil's assaults, he now begins to act offensively, and to make those attacks upon him, by his preaching and miracles, which he could not resist or repel. Observe, I.
Commenting on Luke 4:14-30
And many lepers were in Israel,.... The leprosy was a disease very common among the Jews; hence those laws concerning it in Lev 13:1 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 1Ki 19:16 and, in other places, is called "Elisaie": and none of them...
Verse 27. Many (x) lepers. For an account of the leprosy . Time of Eliseus. Time of Elisha. The word Eliseus is the Greek way of writing the word Elisha, as Elias is of Elijah. Saving Naaman the Syrian. The account of his cure is contained in . (x)