The KJV Holy Bible

 

Matthew Chapter Eight

 

1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest 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 goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

11 And I say unto 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 unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. 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 unto them.

16 When the even was come, they brought unto 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 Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Matthew: The Authority of the Word and the Calming of the Astral Waters

"Matthew Chapter Eight transitions from internal instruction to active alchemical operation. Having established the strict laws of the spiritual kingdom in the previous chapters, the Solar Consciousness (the Christos) now descends the mountain to demonstrate absolute dominion over the lower planes. This chapter is a series of precise energetic healings—transmuting the corrupted physical vehicle, mastering the chaotic emotional currents of the astral plane, and forcibly evicting toxic, low-frequency mental aggregates from the human temple."

 

 

Verses 1-4: The Cleansing of the Physical Matrix - "When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean... And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean." 

Descending from the high spiritual peak (the mountain), the newly programmed consciousness immediately encounters a leper. In esoteric anatomy, leprosy represents the ultimate corruption and decay of the physical matrix—a state where the body is literally falling apart due to a lack of vital spiritual cohesion. The leper acknowledges the supreme authority of the Christos. By simply stating "I will," the Solar Consciousness directs a concentrated beam of high-frequency energy that instantly overrides the biological entropy. The command to show himself to the priest and offer a gift is the Hermetic Law of Balance: the physical vehicle must still honor the established structural laws of the material plane even after a miraculous energetic realignment.

 

 

Verses 5-13: The Centurion and the Mechanics of Mental Action - "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him... The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed." 

This is one of the most profound demonstrations of the Principle of Mentalism. The centurion represents a highly disciplined, commanding faculty of the intellect. He understands strict hierarchical authority. He realizes that the Christos does not need to physically travel to the sick servant (a lower operational faculty). In the mental universe, space and distance are illusions. The centurion knows that if the supreme spiritual authority simply "speaks the word" (emits a specific vibrational command), the lower faculties must instantly obey and harmonize. The Christos marvels at this, confirming that when the intellect perfectly grasps universal mechanics, immediate healing manifests without physical intervention.

 

 

Verses 14-22: The Transmutation of the Fever and the Cost of Initiation - "And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her... And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." 

The Christos enters the domain of Peter (the foundational faith/intellect) and cures a fever—representing the cooling and calming of inflamed, agitated, and overactive physical passions. Following this, the harsh reality of the Great Work is reiterated. A scribe (the standard, academic mind) desires to follow the Christos. The Solar Consciousness warns him that while the lower animal instincts (foxes) and the wandering thoughts (birds) have established resting places in the material matrix, the awakened divine spark has no permanent home in the physical world. The Adept must be entirely detached from earthly comfort to sustain the work.

 

 

Verses 23-27: The Mastery of the Volatile Astral Plane - "And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep... Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm." 

The ship represents the structured vessel of the mind navigating the sea of the subconscious. The sudden, violent tempest represents a massive upheaval of chaotic emotional and astral currents (panic, fear, despair) threatening to sink the intellect (the disciples). The Solar Consciousness is asleep, meaning the divine awareness is completely undisturbed by the turbulent lower frequencies. When awakened by the panicked intellect, the Christos rebukes the wind and the sea. The perfected spiritual Will does not fight the storm; it simply projects its own unshakeable internal stillness outward, forcing the volatile astral waters to instantly match its high-frequency peace (a great calm).

 

 

Verses 28-34: The Expulsion of the Legion and the Swine - "And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils... And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters." 

This is the ultimate psychic purge. The possessed men represent areas of the mind entirely hijacked by parasitic, low-vibrational thought-forms (devils/legions). These dense aggregates of fear and trauma cannot exist in the presence of the Solar Light. The Christos commands them out. By sending them into the herd of swine (representing the lowest, most gluttonous animal passions), the chaotic energy is directed into its corresponding dense state and immediately plunges into the sea (complete dissolution in the subconscious waters). The unrefined earthly mind (the city) is terrified by this massive energetic clearing and begs the Christos to leave, showing that the unawakened ego would rather live with its familiar demons than endure the radical disruption of divine healing.