8:15a

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her: This sentence indicates that when Jesus touched the hand of Peter’s mother-in-law, she was miraculously healed. The clause the fever left her means that the sickness was gone and the woman’s body cooled and became normal again.

Here are some other ways to translate this sentence:

Jesus touched her hand, and the fever went away (God’s Word)
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He touched her hand, and the fever ended/finished.
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He touched her hand and immediately she became well.

8:15b

she got up and began to serve them: The phrase began to serve them means that the woman started to take care of Jesus’ and the others’ needs. This probably means that she began to serve food.

However, you should not say that she cooked a meal for Jesus. According to the parallel passages in Mark and Luke, Jesus healed this woman on the Sabbath. On that day, it was forbidden for women to cook. She gave him food that had already been prepared.

Here are some other ways to translate this sentence:

Then she got up and began to take care of Jesus.

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Then she got up and served Jesus a meal. (Contemporary English Version)

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