He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

 4:38-39 Jesus left the synagogue and came into Simon's house; and Simon's mother-in-law was in the grip of a major fever. They asked him to do something for her. He stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. 