And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,
I will: be clean.
And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
He accepts his petition and confesses that he is able and says, “I will; be cleansed.” He grants him also the touch of his holy and allpowerful hand. Immediately the leprosy departed from him, and his affliction was ended. Join with me, therefore, in adoring Christ, thus exercising at the same time both a divine and a bodily power. For it was a divine act so to will as for all that he willed to be present unto him. To stretch out the hand, however, was a human act. Christ, therefore, is perceived to be One of both, if, as is the case, the Word was made flesh. Commentary on Luke, Homily
