Matthew 8:14 is the fourteenth verse of the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse describes the start of Jesus healing Peter's mother-in-law. Content In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is: Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Πέτρου εἶδεν τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτοῦ βεβλημένην καὶ πυρέσσουσαν In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. The New International Version translates the passage as: When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 8:14. Analysis This passage clearly shows that Peter was married. Lapide notes that, "none of the Apostles, except Peter, are spoken of in the Gospels as having a wife." It is said that he left his wife and daughter to follow Jesus. Ancient commentaries say that "the fever of the soul is the fire of concupiscence, the burning heat of lust, of gluttony, of pride and of envy." Support for this comes from the words of St. Paul, "If they cannot contain, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn." (1 Cor 7:9) It is believed this account is related somewhat out of sequence since the other gospels place this account before the Sermon on the Mount. Only Matthew here places it after. Commentary from the Church Fathers Anselm of Canterbury: Matthew having in the leper shown the healing of the whole human race, and in the centurion's servant that of the Gentiles, now figures the healing of the synagogue in Peter's mother-in-law. He relates the case of the servant, first, because it was the greater miracle, and the grace was greater in the conversion of the Gentile; or because the synagogue should not be fully converted till the end of the age when the fulness of the Gentiles should have entered in. Peter's house was in Bethsaida. Chrysostom: Why did He enter into Peter's house? I think to take food; for it follows, And she arose, and ministered to them. For He abode with His disciples to do them honour, and to make them more zealous. Observe Peter's reverence towards Christ; though his mother-in-law lay at home sick of a fever, yet he did not force Him