Many times in the Gospels, Jesus cures someone on the sabbath as he does in the beginning of this Gospel by bringing Simon Peter’s mother in law back to health. Since nothing in the Gospels is extraneous it is curious that later in this passage, the disciples wait to bring him the sick and possessed of the town after sunset which would put it after the sabbath had concluded. The previous verses to this Gospel have Jesus curing the demoniac in the synagogue on the sabbath. So they reach Simon Peter’s home and the disciples immediately tell Jesus about Peter’s mother in law. Jesus being the compassionate person that he was, cures her during the sabbath. The disciples, who are not quite there yet on the whole Messiah thing, along with the town’s people, wait for sunset to approach Jesus about curing the sick and driving out demons.
This is just anther example of how important timing is in the Gospels to help us understand better the impact that Jesus had then and now.
Walking In Peace 
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