“And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.”
And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed — only Naaman the Syrian — the Naaman illustration (2 Kings 5) doubles the point: many Israelite lepers, and the miracle goes to the Syrian general. The Gentile who humbles himself and obeys is cleansed; the Israelite lepers who presumably did not seek Elisha are passed by. The two illustrations together communicate the same theme: the kingdom's grace is not the exclusive possession of those who expect it.
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