Expository Thoughts (continued)
4:39), where it is translated, "Quiet! Be still!"
38. Simon's mother-in-law. Clearly, the apostle Simon Peter was married. The Roman Catholic doctrine of the celibacy of the clergy finds no countenance in the Bible.
39. She got up at once and began to wait on them. The completeness of our Lord's cures is shown here. It is well known that fevers leave people too weak for any exertion, even when they begin to recover and are out of danger.