46And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
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And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 40-56)Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes ; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans , they gladly received him, wished and waited for his return, and welcomed him with all their hearts when he did return, Luke 8:40. If some will not accept the favours Christ offers them, others will . If the Gadarenes be not gathered, yet…
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