Mat 8:14 | RWP | e4.org | Lying sick of a fever ( βιβλημενην κα πυρεσσουσαν ). Two participles, bedridden (perfect passive of βαλλω ) and burning with fever (present active). How long the fever had had her we have no means of knowing, possibly a sudden and severe attack ( ), as they tell Jesus about her on reaching the house of Peter. We are not told what kind of fever it was. Fever itself was considered a disease. "Fever" is from German feuer (fire) like the Greek πυρ .

‏ Matthew 8:14

Lying sick of a fever ( βιβλημενην κα πυρεσσουσαν ). Two participles, bedridden (perfect passive of βαλλω ) and burning with fever (present active). How long the fever had had her we have no means of knowing, possibly a sudden and severe attack (Mr 1:30), as they tell Jesus about her on reaching the house of Peter. We are not told what kind of fever it was. Fever itself was considered a disease. "Fever" is from German feuer (fire) like the Greek πυρ.