37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
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And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. …
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-39)We have here two illustrious proofs of the power of our Lord Jesus which we had before—his power over the winds , and his power over the devils . See Mark 4:1-5:43. I. His power over the winds, those powers of the air that are so much a terror to men, especially upon sea, and occasion the death of such multitudes. Observe, 1. Christ ordered his disciples to put to sea, that he might show his glory…
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