<p>17:14 <i>And when he saw them, he said to them: Go and show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed</i>- The motive for this in 5:14 had been in order to make a testimony to the priests. Such was His zeal for their salvation. And the fact that &ldquo;a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith&rdquo; (Acts 6:7) shows how this apparently hope-against-hope desire of the Lord for the conversion of His enemies somehow came true. We noted on Mt. 8:3 that the work of the priests was to cleanse the leper- but this had been done by the Lord. The man was therefore to show himself to the priests- in order to demonstrate to them that another priest and priesthood was already coming into operation.</p><p>The healing happened &quot;as they went&quot;. There had to be an element of faith and obedience before the cure- in this case. For the Lord operated variously when it came to preconditions for healing.</p>