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CHAPTER 8
HEN he was come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed
him.
2 And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you
will, you can make me clean.
3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And
immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus said to him, See you tell no
man; but go your way, show yourself to
the priest, and offer the gift that Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them.
5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum,
there came to him a centurion,
beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lies at
home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus said to him, I will come and
heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord,
I am not worthy that you should come
under my roof: but speak the word only,
and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having
soldiers under me: and I say to this
man, Go, and he goes; and to another,
Come, and he comes; and to my servant,
Do this, and he does it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled,
and said to them that followed, Verily I
say to you, I have not found so great faith,
no, not in Israel.
11 And I say to you, That many shall
come from the east and west, and shall sit
down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall
be cast out into outer darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go
your way; and as you have believed, so be
it done to you. And his servant was healed
in the selfsame hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s
house, he saw his wife’s mother laid,
and sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever
left her: and she arose, and ministered
to them.
16 When the even was come, they
brought to him many that were possessed
with devils: and he cast out the spirits with
his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Him-
8:2 Was Jesus God in human form? See John 8:58.
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Was Jesus God, manifest in human form? The Bible tells us: “As Peter
was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took
him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man” (Acts 10:25,26). Peter refused worship in light of
the Law that said, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” In
Revelation 19:10, when the apostle John saw an angel, he said, “I fell at his feet to worship him.
And he said to me, See you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God.” Even the angel of the Lord refused to be worshipped.
However, here are many more verses showing that Jesus allowed Himself to be worshipped,
simply because He was God “manifest in the flesh”: “While he spoke these things to them, behold,
there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come
and lay your hand upon her, and she shall live” (Matthew 9:18); “Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God” (Matthew 14:33): “Then
she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me” (Matthew 15:25); “And as they went to tell
his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and
worshipped him” (Matthew 28:9); “When they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted”
(Matthew 28:17). He received their worship because He was “the image of the invisible God”
(Colossians 1:15)—“God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” (1 Timothy 3:16, emphasis added).
See also chart “The Deity of Jesus” at John 10:36.