Jesus Touched the Untouchable Man Before He Healed Him

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Sep 17, 2026 · 4m

No one had touched this man in years. Not out of cruelty, but because touching a leper made you unclean too. So why did Jesus reach out and touch him before he ever spoke a word of healing? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues the story from Luke chapter 5 of the man with leprosy who begged Jesus, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. Jesus' response wasn't just a word of healing. Verse 13 says Jesus reached out and touched him, before he was clean, while he was still contagious, still an outcast. That touch tells us something about how Jesus loves people that…